Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spelling: Aequipectini
Parent taxon: Pectininae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000 and Marquet and Dijkstra 2000
Sister taxa: Amusiini, Annachlamys, Carolinapecten, Chlamydini, Decatopectinini, Mesopeplum, Oppenheimopecten, Pecten, Pectinini
Subtaxa: Chagrepecten Lindapecten Zamorapecten
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection), United States (10: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), the Dominican Republic (14), Jamaica (4), Mexico (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (4), the Dominican Republic (7), the Netherlands Antilles (4)
• Miocene of Colombia (14), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (41), Ecuador (1), Haiti (3), Mexico (1), Panama (22), United States (26: Florida, Georgia), Venezuela (18)
• Oligocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 178 collections including 187 occurrences