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Aviculopecten
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Aviculopectinidae
Subfamily:
Aviculopectininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Aviculopecten M'COV, 1851, p. 171
Type Species:
A. planoradiatus
Images
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Fig. C60,3a,b. A. exemplarius (NEWELL), U.Penn., Kans.; 3a,b, LV ext., hinge, X2.--Fig. C60,3c. A. occidentalis (SHUMARD), U. Penn., Kans.; RV ext., X2 (663).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U. Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Ornamentation radial, increasing on body of shell by intercalation in LV, by bifurcation in RV; RV commonly smaller than left.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Aviculopectinidae
Subfamily:
Aviculopectininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Aviculopecten M'COV, 1851, p. 171
Type Species:
A. planoradiatus
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C60,3a,b. A. exemplarius (NEWELL), U.Penn., Kans.; 3a,b, LV ext., hinge, X2.--Fig. C60,3c. A. occidentalis (SHUMARD), U. Penn., Kans.; RV ext., X2 (663).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U. Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Ornamentation radial, increasing on body of shell by intercalation in LV, by bifurcation in RV; RV commonly smaller than left.