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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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