Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Alternative combinations: Entolium aviculatum, Pecten aviculatus
Full reference: B. F. Shumard and G.C. Swallow. 1858. Descriptions of new fossils from the Coal Measures of Missouri and Kansas. Academy of Science of St. Louis Transactions 1:198-227
Belongs to Pernopecten according to R. D. Hoare 1961
See also Herrick 1887, Meek 1872, Morningstar 1922, Newell 1938, Shumard and Swallow 1858 and White 1884
Sister taxa: Pernopecten attenuatus, Pernopecten carboniferus, Pernopecten clypeatus, Pernopecten concentricum, Pernopecten guangdongensis, Pernopecten guizhouensis, Pernopecten huayingshanensis, Pernopecten latangulatus, Pernopecten malaysia, Pernopecten obliquus, Pernopecten ohioensis, Pernopecten prosseri, Pernopecten salarius, Pernopecten sichuanensis, Pernopecten sowerbyi, Pernopecten subglobusus, Pernopecten subpiriformis, Pernopecten symmetricus, Pernopecten terukoae, Pernopecten tirolense, Pernopecten vadegensis, Pernopecten yini, Pernopecten zhonglingensis, Pernopecten zhutangensis
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (1 collection), United States (1: Alaska)
• Carboniferous of United States (7: Alaska, Kansas, Ohio)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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