Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Alternative combinations: Aviculopecten hiemalis, Aviculopecten hyemalis
Full reference: J. W. Salter. 1865. 1. Palaeozoic. Palaeontology of Niti in the Northern Himalya: Being Descriptions and Figures of the Palaeozoic and Secondary Fossils Collected by Colonel Richard Strachey, R E 1-112
Belongs to Etheripecten according to K. Nakazawa 1981
See also Diener 1897, Diener 1903, Diener 1915, Hayasaka 1967 and Salter 1865
Sister taxa: Etheripecten alatus, Etheripecten brevauriculatus, Etheripecten chandleri, Etheripecten dawsonensis, Etheripecten escalatus, Etheripecten fasciculicostatus, Etheripecten haydeni, Etheripecten latus, Etheripecten leniusculus, Etheripecten petulantus, Etheripecten plicatus, Etheripecten sichuanensis, Etheripecten striatura, Etheripecten stuflesseri, Etheripecten subquinquelineatus, Etheripecten tenuicollis, Etheripecten tianjungensis, Etheripecten trichotomus, Etheripecten wilczeki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Niti Pass (Upper Permian), which is in a Lopingian carbonate limestone in India
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian to Triassic of India (1 collection)
• Permian of India (4), Japan (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)
• Carboniferous of India (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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