Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Parent taxon: Palliolinae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Waller 2006
Sister taxa: Adamussiini, Dhondtichlamys, Lissochlamys, Mesopeplini, Palliolini, Palliolum, Pseudamussium, Pseudentoliini, Serripectinini, Hemipecten
Subtaxa: Eburneopecten
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1 collection)
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland)
• Oligocene of United States (21: Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Eocene of New Zealand (3), Somalia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (125: Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (2: Maryland, Virginia)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Maryland, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Japan (4), New Zealand (5), United States (1: California)
Total: 169 collections including 174 occurrences