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Spondylus calcifer

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

Taxonomy
Spondylus calcifer was named by Carpenter (1857) [TYPE LOCALITY: Bay of Panama; Recent.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 692-699.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Spondylus calcifer Carpenter pp. 152-155
1926Spondylus calcifer Hanna p. 477
1936Spondylus calcifer Jordan p. 112
1961Spondylus calcifer Olsson p. 153
1964Spondylus calcifer Emerson and Hertlein p. 350
1971Spondylus calcifer Keen p. 96
1987Spondylus calcifer Moore p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familySpondylidaeGray 1826
genusSpondylusLinnaeus 1758
speciescalciferCarpenter 1857

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.

Spondylus calcifer Carpenter 1857
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Diagnosis
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