Bivalvia - Pectinida - Annuliconchidae
Alternative spelling: Aviculopecten (Annuliconcha)
Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1938. Late Paleozoic pelecypods: Pectinacea. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas 10(1):1-123
Parent taxon: Annuliconchidae according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Shimer and Shrock 1944 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Annuliconcha acanthica Annuliconcha dentata Annuliconcha interlineata Annuliconcha janus Annuliconcha kitakamiensis Annuliconcha placunensis Annuliconcha volgensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Italy (3), Japan (4), the Russian Federation (3), Tunisia (1), United States (42: California, Montana, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (2: California)
• Carboniferous of United States (12: Alabama, California, Missouri)
Total: 68 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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