Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Synonym: Notovola Finlay 1926
Full reference: O. F. Müller. 1776. Zoologicae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum. Characteres, Nomina et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium 1-281
Parent taxon: Pectininae according to A. G. Beu 2006
See also Arnold 1906, Böhm and Weisfermel 1913, Bouchet et al. 2010, Clark and Arnold 1923, Coan et al. 2000, Cox et al. 1969, da Silva Forti 1969, Dijkstra and Kilburn 2001, Dockery 1982, DuBar 1958, Durham 1944, Faustman 1964, Gardner 1943, Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984, Gibson 1987, Glenn 1904, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Marasti 1973, Meek 1864, Moore 1984, Morales-Ortega et al. 2016, Nagao 1928, Perrilliat 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Stanton 1895, Vera-Peláez et al. 2004 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Aequipectinini, Amusiini, Annachlamys, Carolinapecten, Chlamydini, Decatopectinini, Mesopeplum, Oppenheimopecten, Pectinini
Subtaxa: Pecten (Fortipecten) Pecten (Hemientolium) Pecten (Janira) Pecten (Neithea) Pecten (Oopecten) Pecten (Pecten) Pecten (Plesiopecten) Pecten (Propeamusium) Pecten (Propeamussium) Pecten (Radiopecten) Pecten (Swiftopecten) Pecten (Vola) Pecten aduncus Pecten afribenedictus Pecten alcesianus Pecten alpha Pecten ambongoensis Pecten amphidoxus Pecten amuricus Pecten andreaei Pecten angustecostatus Pecten argentarius Pecten argillensis Pecten arpadicus Pecten asper Pecten asperulatus Pecten assinboiensis Pecten aurantiacus Pecten avaricus Pecten aviculoides Pecten aztecus Pecten azzarolae Pecten badioticus Pecten bagualensis Pecten barbatus Pecten barnensis Pecten barretti Pecten bavaricus Pecten binominatus Pecten breislakii Pecten buruticus Pecten cadwalladerensis Pecten californicus Pecten camuycenicus Pecten cancellans Pecten catilliformis Pecten cawcawensis Pecten ceibanus Pecten chabrangensis Pecten ciampini Pecten cislonensis Pecten clarkeanus Pecten clarkensis Pecten clignetti Pecten coderensis Pecten collapsus Pecten concentricestriatus Pecten concentristriatus Pecten constrictus Pecten coralliphila Pecten coronatus Pecten crispulus Pecten danicus Pecten deformis Pecten deformis Pecten dendyi Pecten discites Pecten dislocatus Pecten disparatus Pecten elixatus Pecten eseri Pecten eurasiaticus Pecten expansus Pecten falgeri Pecten fissicosta Pecten flemingianus Pecten foipiani Pecten fumata Pecten fumatus Pecten gabbi Pecten gramamensis Pecten grapteus Pecten guajatacus Pecten hallensis Pecten halli Pecten hammeri Pecten hemicyclicus Pecten hornensis Pecten humphreysii Pecten imparicostatus Pecten inaequalis Pecten incognitus Pecten inconspicuus Pecten inexpectans Pecten intercedens Pecten jacobaea Pecten jamoignensis Pecten janirula Pecten johnstrupi Pecten jugleri Pecten kyushuensis Pecten lasseni Pecten liebigii Pecten liscaviensis Pecten lohbergensis Pecten lowei Pecten margaritiferus Pecten margheritae Pecten marginiplicatus Pecten massalongi Pecten maxima Pecten mayeri Pecten mclellani Pecten meekii Pecten mentzeliae Pecten meseticus Pecten molestus Pecten morrisi Pecten mysicus Pecten nearchi Pecten nerei Pecten nodulifer Pecten novaezelandiae Pecten nugenti Pecten nuperus Pecten obsoletus Pecten octoplicatus Pecten palmipes Pecten pascoei Pecten peisonis Pecten pictus Pecten pilgrimi Pecten plebeia Pecten pontiamnis Pecten praemissus Pecten priscus Pecten proeteus Pecten protei Pecten proteus Pecten pseudobeudanti Pecten pseudosolarium Pecten pulchricosta Pecten punctatus Pecten raoulensis Pecten renevieri Pecten reticulatus Pecten retiolum Pecten rigida Pecten rinki Pecten rosaliae Pecten sansebastianus Pecten santarosanus Pecten sarajevensis Pecten saskatchewanensis Pecten schlosseri Pecten schlotheimi Pecten schmiederi Pecten schroeteri Pecten seabeensis Pecten sealyi Pecten securis Pecten sedanensis Pecten seebachi Pecten sichoticus Pecten silentiensis Pecten stenodictyus Pecten stewartianus Pecten subaequicostatus Pecten subalternans Pecten subalternicostatus Pecten subauriculatus Pecten subconcentricus Pecten subcutiformis Pecten subdemissus Pecten subdivisus Pecten subgranulosus Pecten subrufus Pecten suwanneensis Pecten tenuistriatus Pecten terebratuloides Pecten thaumastus Pecten transdanubialis Pecten trebevicianus Pecten triradiatus Pecten tubulifer Pecten tyaughtonae Pecten undiferus Pecten vajolettensis Pecten vanwinkleae Pecten vasseli Pecten vaughani Pecten venustulus Pecten verdachellensis Pecten verrucosus Pecten veszprimiensis Pecten vetulus Pecten vigintisulcatus Pecten volaris Pecten wattsi Pecten wendelli Pecten winkleri Pecten zannichelli
Type: Ostrea maxima
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Belgium (1), Dominica (1), Egypt (1), Greece (3), Greenland (2), Ireland (1), Italy (3), Japan (8), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (2), South Africa (3), Spain (8), Taiwan (17), the United Kingdom (3), United States (6: California, Florida, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (2), Egypt (1), Malaysia (3), Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Algeria (3), Australia (1), Belgium (8), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (5), Egypt (2), Greece (10), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), India (1), Indonesia (4), Iran (3), Italy (3), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Mexico (10), Pakistan (4), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), Tanzania (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (19: California, Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (9)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Alabama)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (4)
• Miocene of Algeria (9), Anguilla (2), Austria (3), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (3), Bulgaria (6), Colombia (1), Cuba (6), Cyprus (4), Ecuador (6), Egypt (3), Fiji (4), France (7), Germany (4), Greece (3), Greenland (1), Grenada (1), Haiti (3), India (3), Indonesia (3), Iran (1), Iraq (1), Israel (2), Italy (20), Libya (3), Mexico (6), Moldova (1), Morocco (8), Poland (4), Portugal (1), Romania (15), Slovakia (4), Somalia (1), Spain (5), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (36: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (3)
• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1), Japan (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Haiti (1), Iran (7), Libya (2), Mexico (5), New Zealand (1), Oman (1), Puerto Rico (3), Somalia (1), United States (85: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (3), Italy (3), the Marshall Islands (4), Mexico (1), Namibia (1), Romania (2), South Africa (1), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (22: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Greenland (1), United States (2: New Jersey, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Angola (1), Argentina (7), Australia (1), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (4), Cameroon (1), Canada (7: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan), Chile (2), Colombia (2), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (1), France (5), Germany (3), India (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (12), New Zealand (3), Portugal (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Switzerland (18), the United Kingdom (5), United States (83: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of United States (1: Alaska)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Canada (2: Alberta, Northwest Territories), Chile (4), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (2), France (11), Germany (4), Greenland (53), India (1), Italy (2), Kenya (1), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Slovenia (1), Spain (66), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), the United Kingdom (11), United States (2: Alaska)
• Triassic of Austria (6), Bosnia and Herzegovina (24), Canada (5: British Columbia), China (1), Croatia (3), Germany (10), Hungary (24), Indonesia (11), Italy (42), Japan (3), Peru (3), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (5), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (7), Turkey (1), United States (14: Alaska, California)
• Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Alberta), India (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Idaho-Utah)
Total: 1056 collections including 1287 occurrences
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