Pterinopecten (Vertumnia) (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Alternative spelling: Vertumnia

Parent taxon: Pterinopecten according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Pterinopecten (Fascinewellipecten), Pterinopecten dunelmensis, Pterinopecten hermes, Pterinopecten hoosacensis, Pterinopecten mundus, Pterinopecten spio, Pterinopecten vertumnus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (2 collections), United States (11: New York, Pennsylvannia)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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