Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Parent taxon: Heteropectinoidea according to J. P. Neves et al. 2014
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Annuliconchidae, Antijaniridae, Hunanopectinidae, Limipectinidae, Ornithopectinidae
Subtaxa: Cassianoidinae Etheripectininae Girtypectininae Heteropectininae
Type: Heteropecten
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of India (3), United States (1: Montana)
• Permian to Triassic of India (4)
• Permian of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (5), Australia (114), Brazil (3), Canada (7: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (1), China (75), Greece (3), India (5), Italy (3), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Mongolia (10), Nepal (24), New Zealand (17), Oman (2), Pakistan (2), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (44), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (14), Thailand (1), United States (106: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (4), Australia (3), Brazil (5), China (1), Germany (1), India (1), Peru (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: California, Texas)
Total: 487 collections including 592 occurrences