Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spellings: Pecten (Pseudamusium), Pecten (Pseudomuseum), Pseudamusium
Parent taxon: Amusium according to Tucker-Rowland 1938
See also Arnold 1906, Clark and Arnold 1923, Glenn 1904 and Moore 1984
Sister taxa: Amusium aguaclarensis, Amusium balloti, Amusium bocasense, Amusium darwinianum, Amusium filosum, Amusium hulshofi, Amusium lucens, Amusium mimyum, Amusium mortoni, Amusium orientale, Amusium papyraceum, Amusium paris, Amusium pleuronectes, Amusium sol, Amusium toulae, Amussium alazanum, Amussium destefanii, Amussium lompocensis, Amussium squamulum, Amussium subcorneum, Pecten (Amusium) condoni, Pecten (Amusium) japonicus, Pecten (Amusium) laurentii, Pecten (Amusium) lyonii, Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis, Pleuronectes vulsus, Pleuronectes elongatus
Subtaxa: Pecten (Pseudamusium) davidsoni Pecten (Pseudamusium) diblasii Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Haiti (1), Romania (1)
• Jurassic of Italy (1)
• Permian of United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences