Heteropecten Kegel and Costa 1951 (scallop)

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 taxon: Kolymopecten

Subtaxa: Corrugopecten altoprimus Corrugopecten multicostatus Corrugopecten regulocostus Heteropecten deplanata Heteropecten exemplarius Heteropecten girtyi Heteropecten gryphus Heteropecten multiscalptus Heteropecten paranaensis Heteropecten vanvleeti

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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 (47: Arizona, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Texas)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Peru (3)

Total: 89 collections including 98 occurrences

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