Pseudaviculopecten Newell 1938 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1938. Late Paleozoic pelecypods: Pectinacea. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas 10(1):1-123

Parent taxon: Pterinopectinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anulipecten, Claraioides, Daonellopecten, Limanomia, Lyriopecten, Pterinopecten, Pterinopectinella, Pterinopectinellinae, Pterinopectininae, Pteroclaraia, Rugiclaraia, Tesseratiinae

Subtaxa: Pseudaviculopecten fasciculatus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (1: Alaska collection)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2), United States (15: Indiana)

• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)

• Devonian of Australia (1), Brazil (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (34: Illinois, New York, Ohio), Venezuela (3)

Total: 63 collections including 65 occurrences

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