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Etheripecten trichotomus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae

Taxonomy
Aviculopecten trichotomus was named by Kegel and Costa (1951).

It was recombined as Etheripecten trichotomus by Anelli et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Aviculopecten trichotomus Kegel and Costa p. 9
1985Aviculopecten trichotomus Rocha-Campos and Archangelsky p. 233
2006Etheripecten trichotomus Anelli et al. p. 1134

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyHeteropectinoideaBeurlen 1954
familyHeteropectinidaeBeurlen 1954
subfamilyEtheripectininae()
genusEtheripecten
speciestrichotomus(Kegel and Costa 1951)

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.

Etheripecten trichotomus Kegel and Costa 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Desmoinesian or 323.20000 to 306.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan - Desmoinesian323.2 - 306.0Brazil Etheripecten trichotomus (67801 67802 211609 211610 211611)