Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Synonyms: Amussiopectininae Glibert and van de Poel 1965, Volinae Teppner 1922
Parent taxon: Pectinidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Beu 2006, Beu and Darragh 2001, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Dijkstra and Kilburn 2001, Masuda 1971, Petuch 2004 and Spencer et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Agerchlamys, Altaipecten, Amusium, 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, 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: Aequipectinini Amusiini Annachlamys Carolinapecten Chlamydini Decatopectinini Mesopeplum Oppenheimopecten Pecten Pectinini
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (4), Belgium (1), Chile (1), Dominica (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Greece (3), Greenland (2), Haiti (1), India (1), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Italy (5), Jamaica (1), Japan (12), Kenya (9), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), Portugal (2), South Africa (3), Spain (8), Taiwan (17), Tonga (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (44: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Blancan of United States (4: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (2), Egypt (1), Malaysia (4), Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Algeria (4), Antarctica (7), Antigua and Barbuda (1), Australia (1), Belgium (9), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (18), Ecuador (5), Egypt (2), Fiji (2), Greece (11), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), India (1), Indian Ocean (1), Indonesia (6), Iran (3), Italy (3), Jamaica (8), Japan (4), Mexico (12), Pakistan (4), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), Spain (2), Tanzania (2), the United Kingdom (8), United States (73: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (10)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Alabama)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (5), Australia (2), the Dominican Republic (7), the Netherlands Antilles (4)
• Miocene of Algeria (14), Anguilla (3), Antarctica (1), Argentina (35), Australia (35), Austria (3), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (3), Bulgaria (6), Chile (3), Colombia (15), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (7), Cyprus (4), the Dominican Republic (42), Ecuador (7), Egypt (5), Fiji (5), France (8), French Southern Territories (1), Germany (4), Greece (3), Greenland (1), Grenada (1), Haiti (7), Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2), India (3), Indonesia (4), Iran (3), Iraq (1), Israel (2), Italy (23), Japan (4), Libya (3), Madagascar (1), Mexico (7), Moldova (5), Morocco (14), New Zealand (23), Panama (24), Poland (7), Portugal (1), Romania (17), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (8), Somalia (7), Spain (7), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (63: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (22)
• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Haiti (1), Japan (1), United States (2: Florida, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Argentina (4), Australia (2), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (1), Haiti (1), Iran (7), Libya (2), Mexico (5), New Zealand (9), Oman (1), Puerto Rico (4), the Russian Federation (1), Somalia (1), United States (96: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Australia (9), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (3), Italy (3), the Marshall Islands (4), Mexico (2), Namibia (1), New Zealand (21), Romania (2), South Africa (1), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (23: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Greenland (1), New Zealand (2), United States (2: New Jersey, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Angola (1), Argentina (5), Australia (1), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (4), Cameroon (1), Canada (7: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan), Chile (2), Colombia (2), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (1), France (5), Germany (10), India (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (13), New Zealand (3), Portugal (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Switzerland (18), the United Kingdom (4), United States (81: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of United States (1: Alaska)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Canada (2: Alberta, Northwest Territories), Chile (4), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (2), France (11), Germany (4), Greenland (53), India (1), Italy (2), Kenya (1), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Slovenia (1), Spain (66), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), the United Kingdom (11), United States (3: Alaska, California)
• Triassic of Austria (6), Bosnia and Herzegovina (24), Canada (5: British Columbia), China (1), Croatia (3), Germany (10), Hungary (24), Indonesia (11), Italy (42), Japan (3), Peru (3), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (6), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (7), Turkey (1), United States (14: Alaska, California)
• Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Alberta), India (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Idaho-Utah)
Total: 1605 collections including 2013 occurrences