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Spondylus lamellacea

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

Taxonomy
Spondylus lamellacea was named by Kellum (1926) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Eocene; North Carolina.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 10616 (Bourdeau tract), NE Cape Fear River, Pender Co., North Carolina, which is in an Eocene marine marl in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Spondylus lamellacea Kellum p. 21 figs. pl. 2, figs. 7-9
1982Spondylus lamellacea Woodring p. 600

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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
specieslamellacea

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 lamellacea Kellum 1926
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Diagnosis
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