Family Spondylidae Gray 1826 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Synonym: Dianchoridae Sobetski 1977

Parent taxon: Pectinoidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Dockery 1982, Glenn 1904, Moore 1987, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Olsson 1931, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1984, Squires 1999, Stanton 1895, Stilwell 1998, Todd 2001 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Pectinidae, Pleuronectitidae

Subtaxa: Dianchora Spondylinae Spondylopectininae Spondylus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (3), the Bahamas (3), Bermuda (6), Cape Verde (1), Cuba (2), Djibouti (4), the Dominican Republic (2), Egypt (3), Eritrea (2), France (2), Greece (5), Haiti (2), Italy (4), Japan (4), Jordan (2), Kenya (10), Mexico (4), Morocco (1), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (8), Panama (1), Saudi Arabia (8), the Seychelles (2), Spain (3), Sudan (1), United States (12: Florida, Hawaii), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (2), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (15), Ecuador (1), Fiji (2), Greece (3), Haiti (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Jamaica (4), Japan (2), Mexico (8), Panama (5), Portugal (1), Spain (2), United States (8: California, Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (2), Australia (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (1), the Netherlands Antilles (8)

• Miocene of Algeria (8), Anguilla (1), Australia (12), Austria (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (4), Bulgaria (4), Colombia (9), Cyprus (2), the Dominican Republic (25), Fiji (3), France (2), Greece (3), Grenada (2), Haiti (2), India (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Italy (6), Jamaica (2), Japan (2), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Malta (4), Mexico (3), Moldova (4), Morocco (5), New Zealand (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Panama (14), Poland (7), Portugal (4), Puerto Rico (2), Slovakia (3), Somalia (4), South Africa (1), Spain (2), Sri Lanka (4), United States (12: California, Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (4)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Australia (1), Bulgaria (3), Germany (1), Haiti (1), Israel (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Puerto Rico (1), Somalia (3), Turkey (1), United States (26: Alabama, California, Georgia, Mississippi), Venezuela (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Eocene of Australia (7), Bahrain (2), Bulgaria (16), China (1), Colombia (4), Egypt (2), France (4), Germany (1), Haiti (2), Hungary (1), India (3), Italy (4), Mexico (6), New Zealand (9), Pakistan (1), Panama (3), Peru (1), Poland (2), Romania (10), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), Somalia (1), Spain (7), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (57: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (1), France (1), New Zealand (1), Niger (1), United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (6), Australia (1), Austria (1), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (2), Colombia (1), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (7), Denmark (3), Ecuador (1), Egypt (2), France (10), Germany (7), Hungary (1), India (1), Indian Ocean (1), Iran (1), Italy (3), Japan (11), Kazakhstan (2), Libya (3), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (10), Nigeria (1), Oman (2), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Poland (11), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Somalia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (10), Sweden (3), Switzerland (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (4), Turkmenistan (1), USSR (2), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (60: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas)

• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), France (4), Germany (1), India (3), Madagascar (1), Portugal (6), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Triassic of Indonesia (3), Italy (3)

Total: 784 collections including 921 occurrences

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