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Merklinia Sobetski, 1960 †
1612893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1612893)
accepted
Genus
Pecten asper Lamarck, 1819 † accepted as Merklinia aspera (Lamarck, 1819) † (type by original designation)
Chlamys (Merklinia) Sobetski, 1960 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Merklinia aspera (Lamarck, 1819) †
- Species Merklinia chihuahuensis (Böse, 1910) †
- Species Merklinia perornata (Cottreau, 1922) †
- Species Merklinia variabilis (F. von Hagenow, 1842) †
- Species Merklinia catalaunica (L. M. Vidal, 1921) † accepted as Merklinia perornata (Cottreau, 1922) † (junior homonym of Pecten praescabriusculus var. catalaunica Almera & Bofill, 1897; synonym)
- Species Merklinia septemplicata (Nilsson, 1827) † accepted as Lyriochlamys septemplicata (Nilsson, 1827) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
(of Chlamys (Merklinia) Sobetski, 1960 †) Sobetski, V. A. (1960). K sistematike verkhnemelovykh pektinid srednego Prinestrovja [Contribution to the systematics of the Upper Cretaceous pectinids from the middle part of the Dniester River Basin]. <em>Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 1960(2):63–71.
page(s): 67 [details]
page(s): 67 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Merklinia Sobetski, 1960 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1612893 on 2025-09-11
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(of Chlamys (Merklinia) Sobetski, 1960 †) Sobetski, V. A. (1960). K sistematike verkhnemelovykh pektinid srednego Prinestrovja [Contribution to the systematics of the Upper Cretaceous pectinids from the middle part of the Dniester River Basin]. <em>Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 1960(2):63–71.
page(s): 67 [details]
basis of record Schneider, S.; Jäger, M.; Kroh, A.; Mitterer, A.; Niebuhr, B.; Vodrážka, R.; Wilmsen, M.; Wood, C. J.; Zágoršek, K. (2013). Silicified sea life – Macrofauna and palaeoecology of the Neuburg Kieselerde Member (Cenomanian to Lower Turonian Wellheim Formation, Bavaria, southern Germany). <em>Acta Geologica Polonica.</em> 63(4): 555-610., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/agp-2013-0025
page(s): 578 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dhondt, A. V. (1975). Systematic revision of the Chlamydinae (Pectinidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca) of the European Cretaceous. Part 4: <i>Merklinia</i>. <em>Bulletin, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre.</em> 51: 1-36. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 67 [details]
basis of record Schneider, S.; Jäger, M.; Kroh, A.; Mitterer, A.; Niebuhr, B.; Vodrážka, R.; Wilmsen, M.; Wood, C. J.; Zágoršek, K. (2013). Silicified sea life – Macrofauna and palaeoecology of the Neuburg Kieselerde Member (Cenomanian to Lower Turonian Wellheim Formation, Bavaria, southern Germany). <em>Acta Geologica Polonica.</em> 63(4): 555-610., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/agp-2013-0025
page(s): 578 [details] Available for editors

additional source Dhondt, A. V. (1975). Systematic revision of the Chlamydinae (Pectinidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca) of the European Cretaceous. Part 4: <i>Merklinia</i>. <em>Bulletin, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre.</em> 51: 1-36. [details] Available for editors
