Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Alternative combination: Orientopecten prosoclinus
Full reference: L. Li. 1995. Evolutionary change of bivalves from Changhsingian to Griesbachian in south China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 34:350-369
Belongs to Leptochondria according to Z. J. Fang et al. 2009
See also Li 1995
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 pyriformis, Leptochondria separata, Leptochondria shoshonensis, Leptochondria simensis, Leptochondria viezzenensis, Leptochondria virgalensis, Leptochondria xijinwulanensis, Leptochondria zhenjiangensis, Orientopecten gujoensis, Pecten (Leptochondria) aeolicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fenghai, 91ACT1, Yong'an County, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Yanshi Formation of China
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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