Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Alternative spelling: Pterinopecten (Pseudaviculopecten)
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: Pterinopectinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Shimer and Shrock 1944
Sister taxa: Anulipecten, Claraioides, Daonellopecten, Limanomia, Lyriopecten, Pterinopecten, Pterinopectinella, Pterinopectinellinae, Pterinopectininae, Pteroclaraia, Rugiclaraia, Tesseratiinae
Subtaxa: Pseudaviculopecten fasciculatus Pterinopecten (Pseudaviculopecten) casterorum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2), United States (17: Indiana, Missouri)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Australia (1), Brazil (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (37: Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (3)
Total: 68 collections including 70 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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