†subfamily Cassianoidinae Newell and Boyd 1995 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae

Alternative spelling: Cassianoididae

Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1995. Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227:1-95

Parent taxon: Heteropectinidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Newell and Boyd 1995

Sister taxa: Etheripectininae, Girtypectininae, Heteropectininae

Subtaxa: Cassianoides

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Greece (1), Mexico (1), Nepal (5), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (19: Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence

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