Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Invalid subtaxa: Pecten (Velopecten) Philippi 1893 [objective synonym], Velata [replaced name], Velopecten Philippi 1893 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Pectinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Dietrich 1933, Johnson 1984, Komatsu et al. 2014, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agerchlamys, Altaipecten, Amusium, Amussiopecten, Antipecten, Argopecten, Athlopecten, Avichlamys, Batequeus, Bractechlamys, Camptonectes, Camptonectinae, Canadonectites, Chesapecten, Chlamydinae, Chlamys, Complicachlamys, Coralichlamys, Costamussium, Costellamussiopecten, Crenamussium, Cristatopecten, Decadopecten, Decatopecten, Dimarzipecten, Euvola, Excellichlamys, Flabellipecten, Flexopecten, Fortipecten, Gigantopecten, Giraliapecten, Granulochlamys, Hinnites, Hunanonectes, Indopecten, Iranopecten, Janupecten, Jorgechlamys, Korobkovia, Kotorapecten, Leopecten, Lepidopecten, Leptopecten, Lituyapecten, Loxochlamys, Lyriochlamys, Lyropecten, Lyssochlamys, Macrochlamis, Manupecten, Mclearniinae, Merklinia, Micronectes, Minnivola, Mirapecten, Nanaochlamys, Neithella, Nevadapecten, Nippononectes, Nodipecten, Ochotochlamys, Palliolinae, Pascahinnites, Pectininae, Pedinae, Periclaraia, Philippia, Placopecten, Pleuronectites, Praechlamys, Prohinnites, Pseudopecten, Pseudopectininae, Radiopecten, Radulonectites, Radulopecten, Rebeccapecten, Sectipecten, Serratovola, Spathochlamys, Spondylopecten, Stralopecten, Tosapecten, Ventalium, Vertipecten, Volachlamys, Weylinae, Yabepecten
Subtaxa: Eopecten gradus Eopecten hartzi Eopecten johnsoni Eopecten studeri Eopecten tegulatus Eopecten tuberculatus Eopecten velatus Pecten (Velopecten) arthaberi Velata inaequistriata
Type: Hinnites tuberculatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1 collection), New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (11), Bulgaria (1), Canada (21: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (26), Ethiopia (4), France (9), Germany (16), Greenland (6), Hungary (3), India (21), Iran (1), Japan (3), Jordan (2), Kenya (17), Madagascar (4), Mexico (1), Portugal (14), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (18), Somalia (3), Spain (37), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (6), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (17), United States (2: Alaska), Yemen (8)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Chile (1), China (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Japan (5), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 274 collections including 281 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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