Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Parent taxon: Pectinidae according to M. Aberhan et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agerchlamys, Altaipecten, Amusium, Amussiopecten, Antipecten, Argopecten, Athlopecten, Avichlamys, Batequeus, Bractechlamys, Camptonectes, Camptonectinae, Canadonectites, Chesapecten, Chlamydinae, Chlamys, Complicachlamys, Coralichlamys, Costamussium, Costellamussiopecten, Crenamussium, Cristatopecten, Decadopecten, Decatopecten, Dimarzipecten, Eopecten, Euvola, Excellichlamys, Flabellipecten, Flexopecten, Fortipecten, Gigantopecten, Giraliapecten, Granulochlamys, Hinnites, Hunanonectes, Indopecten, Iranopecten, Janupecten, Jorgechlamys, Korobkovia, Kotorapecten, Leopecten, Lepidopecten, Leptopecten, Lituyapecten, Loxochlamys, Lyriochlamys, Lyropecten, Lyssochlamys, Macrochlamis, Manupecten, Mclearniinae, Micronectes, Minnivola, Mirapecten, Nanaochlamys, Neithella, Nevadapecten, Nippononectes, Nodipecten, Ochotochlamys, Palliolinae, Pascahinnites, Pectininae, Pedinae, Periclaraia, Philippia, Placopecten, Pleuronectites, Praechlamys, Prohinnites, Pseudopecten, Pseudopectininae, Radiopecten, Radulonectites, Radulopecten, Rebeccapecten, Sectipecten, Serratovola, Spathochlamys, Spondylopecten, Stralopecten, Tosapecten, Ventalium, Vertipecten, Volachlamys, Weylinae, Yabepecten
Subtaxa: Merklinia aspera Merklinia perornata Merklinia variabilis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Cuba (1), Denmark (3), Ecuador (1), France (2), Germany (4), Kazakhstan (2), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), Peru (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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