Aviculopecten occidentalis Shumard 1855 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Alternative combinations: Aviculipecten occidentalis, Deltopecten occidentalis, Pecten occidentalis

Full reference: B. F. Shumard. 1855. Description of new species of organic remains. Missouri Geological Survey 2:185-208

Belongs to Aviculopecten according to N. D. Newell 1938

See also Buddington and Chapin 1929, Morningstar 1922, Shumard 1855 and White 1891

Sister taxa: Aviculipecten delawarensis, Aviculipecten mccoyi, Aviculipecten montpelierensis, Aviculopecten (Oxypteria), Aviculopecten aerarius, Aviculopecten affinis, Aviculopecten altus, Aviculopecten appalachianus, Aviculopecten arctisulcatus, Aviculopecten artiensis, Aviculopecten asiaticus, Aviculopecten ballingerana, Aviculopecten basilicus, Aviculopecten batesvillensis, Aviculopecten beipeiensis, Aviculopecten bellatulus, Aviculopecten bertrandi, Aviculopecten bouei, Aviculopecten boutwelli, Aviculopecten caodigouensis, Aviculopecten catactus, Aviculopecten columbianus, Aviculopecten coreyanus, Aviculopecten coryeanus, Aviculopecten coxanus, Aviculopecten crebristriatus, Aviculopecten crenistriatus, Aviculopecten cunctatus, Aviculopecten cypticostatus, Aviculopecten densistriatus, Aviculopecten deprati, Aviculopecten derajatensis, Aviculopecten diemenensis, Aviculopecten draschei, Aviculopecten eaglensis, Aviculopecten eurekensis, Aviculopecten expositus, Aviculopecten flabellum, Aviculopecten frederixi, Aviculopecten germanus, Aviculopecten giganteus, Aviculopecten gradicosta, Aviculopecten guangxiensis, Aviculopecten haguei, Aviculopecten halensis, Aviculopecten hardmani, Aviculopecten hataii, Aviculopecten hayasakai, Aviculopecten hemisphaerus, Aviculopecten herbichii, Aviculopecten idahoensis, Aviculopecten inspeciosus, Aviculopecten jabiensis, Aviculopecten jennyi, Aviculopecten jiaozishanensis, Aviculopecten kaibabensis, Aviculopecten katwahiensis, Aviculopecten keoughensis, Aviculopecten khinganensis, Aviculopecten kokcharofi, Aviculopecten kunlunensis, Aviculopecten langdaiensis, Aviculopecten laosensis, Aviculopecten latrobensis, Aviculopecten lindstroemi, Aviculopecten lobanovae, Aviculopecten lopingensis, Aviculopecten maccoyi, Aviculopecten malayensis, Aviculopecten mayesensis, Aviculopecten mazonensis, Aviculopecten mccoyi, Aviculopecten media, Aviculopecten middlemissii, Aviculopecten minutum, Aviculopecten misrikhanensis, Aviculopecten monodi, Aviculopecten moorei, Aviculopecten morahensis, Aviculopecten morrowensis, Aviculopecten multilineatus, Aviculopecten nikolaewi, Aviculopecten nitidus, Aviculopecten nodocosta, Aviculopecten onukii, Aviculopecten orientalis, Aviculopecten ozarkensis, Aviculopecten panxianensis, Aviculopecten paradoxus, Aviculopecten paredezii, Aviculopecten pealei, Aviculopecten peculiaris, Aviculopecten peroccidens, Aviculopecten pintoensis, Aviculopecten pitkinensis, Aviculopecten planoradiatus, Aviculopecten ponderosus, Aviculopecten pracaensis, Aviculopecten praecox, Aviculopecten prototextorius, Aviculopecten pseudoctenostreon, Aviculopecten pseudoradiatus, Aviculopecten punjabensis, Aviculopecten qinghaiensis, Aviculopecten regularis, Aviculopecten rossiensis, Aviculopecten ruklensis, Aviculopecten scheremetus, Aviculopecten schlosseri, Aviculopecten serdobowae, Aviculopecten shiroshitai, Aviculopecten sicanus, Aviculopecten simplicus, Aviculopecten spinocostatus, Aviculopecten squamiger, Aviculopecten squamula, Aviculopecten squamula, Aviculopecten subfimbriatus, Aviculopecten subparadoxus, Aviculopecten subregularis, Aviculopecten subtristriatus, Aviculopecten sulaensis, Aviculopecten sumnerensis, Aviculopecten symmetricus, Aviculopecten terminalis, Aviculopecten tompo, Aviculopecten toulai, Aviculopecten tristriatus, Aviculopecten ufaensis, Aviculopecten uralicus, Aviculopecten verbeeki, Aviculopecten waageni, Aviculopecten wilczekiformis, Aviculopecten winchelli, Aviculopecten wynnei, Aviculopecten xiaoyuanchongensis, Aviculopecten xiengmenensis, Aviculopecten yunnanensis, Aviculopecten zhongyingensis, Pecten (Aviculopecten) subloczyi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Kansas collection)

• Wolfcamp of United States (1: Kansas)

• Permian of the Russian Federation (1), United States (7: Alaska, California, Kansas, Texas)

• Virgilian of United States (1: Ohio)

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Kansas, Pennsylvania)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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