Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Parent taxon: Palliolinae according to A. Beu and M. Taviani 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Dhondtichlamys, Eburneopectinini, Lissochlamys, Mesopeplini, Palliolini, Palliolum, Pseudamussium, Pseudentoliini, Serripectinini, Hemipecten
Subtaxa: Adamussium Antarctipecten Duplipecten Lentipecten Victoripecten
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (5 collections)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (3), Greenland (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (18)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (1), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (5), New Zealand (22)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Bulgaria (2), Croatia (1), France (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (15), Poland (2), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 93 collections including 96 occurrences