Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Synonyms: Hemipectininae Habe 1977, Pseudamussiinae Nordsieck 1969
Parent taxon: Pectinidae according to A. Beu and M. Taviani 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011 and Marquet 2002
Sister taxa: Agerchlamys, Altaipecten, Amusium, Amussiopecten, Antipecten, Argopecten, Athlopecten, Avichlamys, Batequeus, Bractechlamys, Camptonectes, Camptonectinae, Canadonectites, Chesapecten, Chlamydinae, Chlamys, Complicachlamys, Coralichlamys, Costamussium, Costellamussiopecten, Crenamussium, Cristatopecten, Decadopecten, Decatopecten, Dimarzipecten, Eopecten, Euvola, Excellichlamys, Flabellipecten, Flexopecten, Fortipecten, Gigantopecten, Giraliapecten, Granulochlamys, Hinnites, Hunanonectes, Indopecten, Iranopecten, Janupecten, Jorgechlamys, Korobkovia, Kotorapecten, Leopecten, Lepidopecten, Leptopecten, Lituyapecten, Loxochlamys, Lyriochlamys, Lyropecten, Lyssochlamys, Macrochlamis, Manupecten, Mclearniinae, Merklinia, Micronectes, Minnivola, Mirapecten, Nanaochlamys, Neithella, Nevadapecten, Nippononectes, Nodipecten, Ochotochlamys, Pascahinnites, Pectininae, Pedinae, Periclaraia, Philippia, Placopecten, Pleuronectites, Praechlamys, Prohinnites, Pseudopecten, Pseudopectininae, Radiopecten, Radulonectites, Radulopecten, Rebeccapecten, Sectipecten, Serratovola, Spathochlamys, Spondylopecten, Stralopecten, Tosapecten, Ventalium, Vertipecten, Volachlamys, Weylinae, Yabepecten
Subtaxa: Adamussiini Dhondtichlamys Eburneopectinini Hemipecten Lissochlamys Mesopeplini Palliolini Palliolum Pseudamussium Pseudentoliini Serripectinini
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (5 collections), Greece (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California)
• Pliocene of Algeria (1), Antarctica (1), Belgium (6), Cyprus (1), Greece (3), Indonesia (1), the Netherlands (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Miocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (3), Belgium (7), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Germany (33), Greenland (1), Italy (2), Moldova (1), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (18), Poland (2), Romania (2), Slovakia (4), United States (3: Maryland)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (1), Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (6), Germany (1), New Zealand (22), United States (21: Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (2), Croatia (1), France (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (18), Poland (2), Romania (1), Somalia (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (128: Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (2: Maryland, Virginia)
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), United States (20: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (3), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (4), India (1), Japan (4), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (6), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (19: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas)
• Jurassic of Greenland (12)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 442 collections including 513 occurrences