Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spellings: Amussium, Pecten (Amusium), Pecten (Amussium)
Synonyms: Pecten (Pleuronectia) Swainson 1840, Pleuronectes Bronn 1832, Pleuronectia Swainson 1840
Parent taxon: Pectinidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Addicott 1974, Arnold 1906, Bouchet et al. 2010, del Rio 1992, DuBar 1958, Gardner 1943, Gibson 1987, Glenn 1904, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Marasti 1973, Moore 1984, Oostingh 1935, Palmer and Brann 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Skwarko 1994, Smith et al. 2021, Stinton 1957, Vokes 1980, Vredenburg 1928, Waller 2011 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Agerchlamys, Altaipecten, Amussiopecten, Antipecten, Argopecten, Athlopecten, Avichlamys, Batequeus, Bractechlamys, Camptonectes, Camptonectinae, Canadonectites, Chesapecten, Chlamydinae, Chlamys, Complicachlamys, Coralichlamys, Costamussium, Costellamussiopecten, Crenamussium, Cristatopecten, Decadopecten, Decatopecten, Dimarzipecten, Eopecten, Euvola, Excellichlamys, Flabellipecten, Flexopecten, Fortipecten, Gigantopecten, Giraliapecten, Granulochlamys, Hinnites, Hunanonectes, Indopecten, Iranopecten, Janupecten, Jorgechlamys, Korobkovia, Kotorapecten, Leopecten, Lepidopecten, Leptopecten, Lituyapecten, Loxochlamys, Lyriochlamys, Lyropecten, Lyssochlamys, Macrochlamis, Manupecten, Mclearniinae, Merklinia, Micronectes, Minnivola, Mirapecten, Nanaochlamys, Neithella, Nevadapecten, Nippononectes, Nodipecten, Ochotochlamys, Palliolinae, Pascahinnites, Pectininae, Pedinae, Periclaraia, Philippia, Placopecten, Pleuronectites, Praechlamys, Prohinnites, Pseudopecten, Pseudopectininae, Radiopecten, Radulonectites, Radulopecten, Rebeccapecten, Sectipecten, Serratovola, Spathochlamys, Spondylopecten, Stralopecten, Tosapecten, Ventalium, Vertipecten, Volachlamys, Weylinae, Yabepecten
Subtaxa: Amusium (Pseudamussium) Amusium aguaclarensis Amusium balloti Amusium bocasense Amusium darwinianum Amusium filosum Amusium hulshofi Amusium lucens Amusium mimyum Amusium mortoni Amusium orientale Amusium papyraceum Amusium paris Amusium pleuronectes Amusium sol Amusium toulae Amussium alazanum Amussium destefanii Amussium lompocensis Amussium squamulum Amussium subcorneum Pecten (Amusium) condoni Pecten (Amusium) lyonii Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis Pleuronectes elongatus Pleuronectes vulsus
Type: Ostrea pleuronectes
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Japan (2), Norway (1), Taiwan (7), United States (10: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (5), Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Algeria (2), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (9), Greece (8), Indonesia (4), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Japan (1), Mexico (3), Pakistan (1), Panama (6), the Philippines (1), Spain (2), Tanzania (1), United States (9: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (9)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Anguilla (1), Argentina (23), Australia (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (2), Colombia (5), Cyprus (2), the Dominican Republic (18), Greece (4), Grenada (1), Haiti (1), India (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (2), Martinique (1), Mexico (2), Pakistan (3), Panama (37), Poland (1), Romania (12), Slovakia (1), Somalia (3), South Africa (1), Sri Lanka (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (9: California, Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (10)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Bulgaria (4), Canada (1: British Columbia), Haiti (1), Mexico (3), Romania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (3), Croatia (1), Italy (1), the Netherlands (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (28: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Mozambique (1), United States (5: Texas)
• Jurassic of China (1), France (2), Italy (1), Thailand (5), United States (1: Alaska), Vietnam (1)
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1), Austria (3), Germany (2), Italy (10), Slovenia (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Permian of United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: California)
Total: 336 collections including 349 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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