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 M. R. W. Amler 2010
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Newell and Boyd 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anulipecten, Claraioides, Daonellopecten, Limanomia, Lyriopecten, Pseudaviculopecten, Pterinopecten, Pterinopectinellinae, Pterinopectininae, Pteroclaraia, Rugiclaraia, Tesseratiinae
Subtaxa: Pterinopectinella spinifera Pterinopectinella welleri
Type: Pterinopectinella welleri
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (12: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of Ireland (4), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Spain (1)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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