Bivalvia - Pectinida - Annuliconchidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1995. Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227:1-95
Parent taxon: Heteropectinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Newell and Boyd 1995
Sister taxa: Antijaniridae, Heteropectinidae, Hunanopectinidae, Limipectinidae, Ornithopectinidae
Subtaxa: Annuliconcha
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Leonard of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Permian of China (1), Italy (3), Japan (4), the Russian Federation (3), Tunisia (1), United States (41: California, Texas)
• Desmoinesian of United States (1: Missouri)
• Chesterian of United States (1: California)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (2: California)
• Carboniferous of United States (7: Alabama, California)
• Mississippian of United States (1: California)
Total: 66 collections including 73 occurrences