Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1903. The Carboniferous formations and faunas of Colorado. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 16:7-546
Parent taxon: Acanthopectinidae according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995
See also Amler 1992, Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Acanthopectinini, Costatoplicatinini, Lamnipectininae
Subtaxa: Acanthopecten anshunensis Acanthopecten bellosum Acanthopecten carboniferous Acanthopecten carboniferus Acanthopecten coloradoensis Acanthopecten delawarensis Acanthopecten equicostatus Acanthopecten gaoanensis Acanthopecten giganteus Acanthopecten jaguelensis Acanthopecten josephinae Acanthopecten licharewi Acanthopecten meeki Acanthopecten onukii Acanthopecten shenshuensis Acanthopecten spinosus Acanthopecten subgiganteus Acanthopecten xizangensis Acanthopecten ziphocostatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (6 collections), Canada (4: Nunavut, Yukon), China (19), Italy (4), Japan (7), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (67: Alaska, Arizona, Montana, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), Belize (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Ireland (3), Peru (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (47: Alabama, Alaska, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
• Devonian of Germany (2)
Total: 178 collections including 187 occurrences
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