Hemipecten Adams 1849 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Synonym: Semipecten Fischer 1886

Parent taxon: Hemipectininae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Crame 1986, Kiessling 2009, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adamussiini, Dhondtichlamys, Eburneopectinini, Lissochlamys, Mesopeplini, Palliolini, Palliolum, Pseudamussium, Pseudentoliini, Serripectinini

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hemipecten in the database

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