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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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