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Delectopecten vancouverensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Pseudamussium) vancouverensis was named by Whiteaves (1893) [DISTRIBUTION: Alaska-Sonora, Mexico, Kamchatka-Japan (Recent); western North American (Late Miocene).]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis by Whiteaves (1893), Arnold (1906) and Clark and Arnold (1923); it was recombined as Hyalopecten vancouverensis by Woodring et al. (1946); it was recombined as Delectopecten vancouverensis by Moore (1984), Coan et al. (2000), Dijkstra and Kilburn (2001), del Rio et al. (2008) and Hendy (2021).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis Whiteaves p. 133
1906Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis Arnold p. 140
1923Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis Clark and Arnold p. 140
1946Hyalopecten vancouverensis Woodring et al.
1984Delectopecten vancouverensis Moore pp. 16, 17
2000Delectopecten vancouverensis Coan et al. p. 227
2001Delectopecten vancouverensis Dijkstra and Kilburn p. 269
2008Delectopecten vancouverensis del Rio et al. p. 286
2021Delectopecten vancouverensis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyCamptonectinaeHabe 1977
genusDelectopecten()
speciesvancouverensis(Whiteaves 1893)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available