Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Alternative combinations: Aviculopecten tenuicollis, Pecten tenuicollis
Synonyms: Aviculopecten hobartensis Johnston 1887, Aviculopecten sprenti Johnston 1887, Aviculopecten sprentii Johnston 1887
Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160
Belongs to Etheripecten according to M. J. Clarke 1992
See also Begg and Ballard 1991, Dana 1847, Dana 1849, Dickins 1957, Dickins 1963, Dun 1913, Etheridge 1889, Etheridge 1903, Etheridge 1907, Etheridge 1907, Foord 1890, Johnston 1887, Parfrey 1986, Waterhouse 1982, Waterhouse 1983, Waterhouse 1987 and Waterhouse 1988
Sister taxa: Etheripecten alatus, Etheripecten brevauriculatus, Etheripecten chandleri, Etheripecten dawsonensis, Etheripecten escalatus, Etheripecten fasciculicostatus, Etheripecten haydeni, Etheripecten hiemalis, Etheripecten latus, Etheripecten leniusculus, Etheripecten mutabilis, Etheripecten petulantus, Etheripecten plicatus, Etheripecten sichuanensis, Etheripecten striatura, Etheripecten stuflesseri, Etheripecten subquinquelineatus, Etheripecten tianjungensis, Etheripecten trichotomus, Etheripecten wilczeki
Type specimens:
- Etheripecten tenuicollis: USNM 3658. Its type locality is Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (USNM coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone in the Allandale Formation of Australia.
- Aviculopecten hobartensis: Its type locality is Porter's Hill (Johnston coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Bundella Formation of Australia.
- Aviculopecten sprenti:
- Aviculopecten sprentii: Its type locality is Porter's Hill (Johnston coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Bundella Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (48 collections), New Zealand (2)
Total: 50 collections including 51 occurrences
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