Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1995. Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227:1-95
Parent taxon: Cassianoididae according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Cassianoides crassispinosus Cassianoides kingorum Cassianoides rara Cassianoides sexcostatus
Type: Cassianoides kingorum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Greece (1), Mexico (1), Nepal (5), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (19: Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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