Leptochondria Bittner 1891 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae

Alternative spelling: Pecten (Leptochondria)

Synonym: Orientopecten Li 1995

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1891. Triaspetrefakten von Balia in Kleinasien. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen, Geologischen Reichsanstalt 41:97-116

Parent taxon: Asoellidae according to M. Hautmann et al. 2013

See also Bittner 1891, Bouchet et al. 2010, Fang et al. 2009, Li 1995, Newell and Boyd 1995, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Asoella, Gardenapecten

Subtaxa: Leptochondria aeolicus Leptochondria albertii Leptochondria asiatica Leptochondria bittneri Leptochondria curtocardinalis Leptochondria dagestanica Leptochondria fenghaiensis Leptochondria hataii Leptochondria illyrica Leptochondria intermedia Leptochondria jiaheensis Leptochondria lichuanensis Leptochondria minima Leptochondria nuetzeli Leptochondria occidanea Leptochondria pervulgata Leptochondria prosoclinus Leptochondria pyriformis Leptochondria separata Leptochondria shoshonensis Leptochondria simensis Leptochondria viezzenensis Leptochondria virgalensis Leptochondria xijinwulanensis Leptochondria zhenjiangensis Orientopecten gujoensis Pecten (Leptochondria) aeolicus

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Type: Pecten aeolicus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (1 collection)

• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (1), China (110), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (5), Hungary (12), India (4), Indonesia (1), Italy (23), Japan (15), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (6), Pakistan (10), Peru (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (17), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (1), Spain (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (12), Tunisia (2), Turkey (1), United States (131: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (9)

• Permian to Triassic of China (1)

• Permian of China (16), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), United States (3: Wyoming)

• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 401 collections including 481 occurrences

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