Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Synonym: Corrugopecten Waterhouse 1982
Parent taxon: Heteropectininae according to J. P. Neves et al. 2014
See also Begg and Ballard 1991, Bouchet et al. 2010, Newell and Boyd 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Corrugopecten altoprimus Corrugopecten multicostatus Corrugopecten regulocostus Heteropecten deplanata Heteropecten exemplarius Heteropecten girtyi Heteropecten gryphus Heteropecten multiscalptus Heteropecten paranaensis Heteropecten vanvleeti
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Permian of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (5), Australia (3), Brazil (3), Canada (3: Yukon), Chile (1), China (7), Greece (1), Nepal (2), New Zealand (5), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (46: Arizona, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Peru (3)
Total: 88 collections including 97 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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