Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Alternative spelling: Etheripectinidae
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: Heteropectinidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Anelli et al. 2006, Begg and Ballard 1991, Bouchet et al. 2010 and Newell and Boyd 1995
Sister taxa: Cassianoidinae, Girtypectininae, Heteropectininae
Subtaxa: Etheripecten Etheripectinini Fletcheripecten Girtypecten Neptunopecten
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of India (3)
• Permian to Triassic of India (4)
• Permian of Australia (111), Canada (6: British Columbia, Yukon), China (70), Greece (1), India (5), Italy (3), Japan (2), Mongolia (10), Nepal (18), New Zealand (16), Oman (2), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (40), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (14), Thailand (1), United States (66: Idaho, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (2)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (3), Australia (3), Brazil (5), China (1), Germany (1), India (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: California, Texas)
Total: 404 collections including 462 occurrences