Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Alternative spelling: Pterinopecten (Dunbarella)
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: Pterinopectininae according to J. B. Waterhouse 2001
See also Reed 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Denguiria
Subtaxa: Dunbarella guangxiensis Dunbarella knighti Dunbarella rectalaterarca Dunbarella striata Pterinopecten (Dunbarella) warchensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Nepal (2), Pakistan (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (32), United States (35: Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 75 collections including 77 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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