Limipecten Girty 1903 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae

Parent taxon: Limipectininae according to M. G. Simões et al. 2020

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Limipecten araneosus Limipecten bandoi Limipecten burnettensis Limipecten flexiauricularis Limipecten globulus Limipecten grandicostatus Limipecten greerensis Limipecten hubeiensis Limipecten koninckii Limipecten lamellus Limipecten latiformis Limipecten morsei Limipecten multistriatus Limipecten otterensis Limipecten pincombei Limipecten texanus Limipecten wewokanus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), China (7), Japan (1), United States (8: Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)

• Namurian of Australia (5)

• Carboniferous of Antarctica (1), Australia (14), Germany (1), Ireland (1), Mexico (6), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (14: Arkansas, California, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, West Virginia)

Total: 64 collections including 67 occurrences

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