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Superfamily Pectinoidea Rafinesque 1815 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida

Invalid subtaxa: Pectenacea Rafinesque 1815 [replaced name], Pectinacea Rafinesque 1815 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Pectinidina according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Arnold 1906, Beu et al. 1990, Beu and Taviani 2013, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Dockery 1982, DuBar 1958, Glenn 1904, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Grant-Mackie 1978, Hayami 1975, Hickman 2023, Maxwell 1992, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Newell and Boyd 1995, Ride et al. 1999, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980, Waller 2011, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Deltopectenidae Dreisseniidae Entolioididae Fasciculiconcha Huncalotis Inoceramus auriculatus Neitheoidae Newellipecten Pecten politus Pectinoidae Protopalliolum Terquemiidae

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Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

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