Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Parent taxon: Pterinopectinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Amler 2010, Bouchet et al. 2010, Kotlyar et al. 2004, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Newell and Boyd 1995, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Claraiidae, Natalissimidae
Subtaxa: Anulipecten Claraioides Daonellopecten Limanomia Lyriopecten Pseudaviculopecten Pterinopecten Pterinopectinella Pterinopectinellinae Pterinopectininae Pteroclaraia Rugiclaraia Tesseratiinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Nepal (3 collections)
• Permian of China (8), Hungary (1), Nepal (2), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (3), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (14: Alaska, Nevada, Texas)
• Virgilian of United States (19: Maryland, New Mexico, Texas)
• Desmoinesian of United States (1: Kansas)
• Pennsylvanian of Mexico (1)
• Chesterian of United States (1: Arizona)
• Mississippian of United States (4: Alaska, California)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), China (1), Germany (1), Ireland (4), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (40), United States (32: Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2)
• Devonian of Australia (5), Brazil (2), Canada (3: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario), China (10), the Czech Republic (1), France (3), Germany (8), Libya (4), New Zealand (3), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (123: Alaska, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvannia), Venezuela (4)
• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (1)
• Silurian of China (2), the Czech Republic (7), Italy (1), Poland (2)
Total: 335 collections including 380 occurrences