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Nodipecten nodosus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea nodosa was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pecten (Nodipecten) nodosus by Dall (1898); it was recombined as Nodipecten nodosa by Dall (1898); it was recombined as Pecten (Lyropecten) nodosus by Grant, IV and Gale (1931) and Perry (1940); it was recombined as Chlamys (Nodipecten) nodosus by DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Lyropecten nodosus by McGinty (1970), Callapez and Ferreira Soares (2000); it was recombined as Nodipecten nodosus by Rosenberg (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea nodosa Linnaeus
1791Pecten decemradiatus Gmelin
1898Nodipecten nodosa Dall
1898Pecten (Nodipecten) nodosus Dall pp. 728-729
1931Pecten (Lyropecten) nodosus Grant, IV and Gale p. 179
1940Pecten (Lyropecten) nodosus Perry p. 42
1958Chlamys (Nodipecten) nodosus DuBar p. 160
1970Lyropecten nodosus McGinty
2000Lyropecten nodosus Callapez and Ferreira Soares p. 315
2005Nodipecten nodosus Rosenberg

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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
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusNodipectenDall 1898
speciesnodosus()

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.

Nodipecten nodosus Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Pecten decemradiatus Gmelin 1791 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available