Deltopecten Etheridge 1892 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Parent taxon: Deltopectinidae according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hickman 2023 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cyrtorostrinae, Deltopectininae, Squamuliferipectininae, Vorkutopecten

Subtaxa: Deltopecten barchatovae Deltopecten caneyanus Deltopecten harringtoni Deltopecten illawarrensis Deltopecten keaseyorum Deltopecten kieli Deltopecten limaeformis Deltopecten longeare Deltopecten lyonsensis Deltopecten mitchelli Deltopecten rienitzi Deltopecten tahlequahensis Deltopecten waageni Deltopecten waterfordi

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (62), Canada (2: Nunavut, Yukon), China (1), India (3), Italy (1), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (3), the Russian Federation (9), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (1: California)

• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1)

• Carboniferous of United States (10: Alaska, Arizona, California, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia)

Total: 97 collections including 105 occurrences

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