Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Belongs to Leptochondria according to Y. H. Pan et al. 2014
See also Sha 1995, Sha and Grant-Mackie 1996, Wasmer and Hautmann 2012 and Yang et al. 1979
Sister taxa: Leptochondria aeolicus, Leptochondria albertii, Leptochondria asiatica, Leptochondria bittneri, Leptochondria curtocardinalis, Leptochondria dagestanica, Leptochondria fenghaiensis, Leptochondria hataii, Leptochondria illyrica, Leptochondria intermedia, Leptochondria jiaheensis, Leptochondria lichuanensis, Leptochondria minima, Leptochondria nuetzeli, Leptochondria occidanea, Leptochondria pervulgata, Leptochondria prosoclinus, Leptochondria pyriformis, Leptochondria separata, Leptochondria shoshonensis, Leptochondria simensis, Leptochondria viezzenensis, Leptochondria xijinwulanensis, Leptochondria zhenjiangensis, Orientopecten gujoensis, Pecten (Leptochondria) aeolicus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (11 collections), Japan (1), Pakistan (2), Tunisia (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Permian of China (5)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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