Undopecten Waterhouse 1982 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Synonym: Morrisipecten Muromtseva and Guskov 1984 [objective synonym]

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1982. Permian Pectinacea and Limacea (Bivalvia) from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 49:1-75

Parent taxon: Undopectininae according to J. B. Waterhouse 2001

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Newell and Boyd 1995, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1990

Sister taxa: Hayasakapecten, Newellipectinia, Turbopecten

Subtaxa: Morrisipecten keyserlingi Undopecten fittoni

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections), the Russian Federation (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

• Devonian of Germany (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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