Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Parent taxon: Heteropectinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Annuliconchidae, Antijaniridae, Heteropectinidae, Hunanopectinidae, Ornithopectinidae
Subtaxa: Acanthopectininae Limipectininae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (6 collections), Canada (5: Alberta, Nunavut, Yukon), China (26), Italy (4), Japan (8), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (69: Alaska, Arizona, Montana, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Namurian of Australia (5)
• Carboniferous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Australia (14), Belize (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Germany (1), Ireland (3), Mexico (6), Peru (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (51: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West Virginia)
• Devonian of Germany (2)
Total: 224 collections including 246 occurrences