Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Alternative spelling: Aviculopecten (Pterinopecten)
Parent taxon: Pterinopectinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Amler 1992, Bouchet et al. 2010, Hall 1884 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anulipecten, Claraioides, Daonellopecten, Limanomia, Lyriopecten, Pseudaviculopecten, Pterinopectinella, Pterinopectinellinae, Pterinopectininae, Pteroclaraia, Rugiclaraia, Tesseratiinae
Subtaxa: Pterinopecten (Fascinewellipecten) Pterinopecten (Vertumnia) Pterinopecten dunelmensis Pterinopecten hermes Pterinopecten hoosacensis Pterinopecten mundus Pterinopecten spio Pterinopecten vertumnus
Distribution:
• Permian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Carboniferous of China (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (7: Alaska, Arizona, California, Nevada)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Australia (2), Brazil (1), Canada (2: New Brunswick, Ontario), China (6), Czechia (1), France (1), Germany (8), New Zealand (3), Poland (3), South Africa (1), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (74: Alaska, Florida, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvannia)
• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (1)
• Silurian of China (2), Czechia (7), Italy (1), Poland (2)
Total: 134 collections including 148 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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