The Pectinoidea are a superfamily of marine bivalve molluscs, including the scallops and spiny oysters.[1]

Pectinoidea
Spondylus varius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Superfamily: Pectinoidea
Wilkes, 1810
Families

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Synonyms[1]

Pectinacea

Shell anatomy

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All members of this superfamily have a triangular resilium with a nonmineralized medial core that functions below the hinge line.[2]

Families

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According to the World Register of Marine Species, the Pectinoidea include these families:

Families brought into synonymy
  • Propeamussidae: synonym of Propeamussiidae
  • Syncyclonematidae: synonym of Entoliidae

References

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  • Raines, B. K. & Poppe, G. T. (2006): "The Family Pectinidae". In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: A Conchological Iconography. 402 pp., 320 color plts., ConchBooks, Hackenheim, ISBN 3-925919-78-3.
  • Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. pp. 113–133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184.
  • Dijkstra H.H. & Maestrati P. (2012) Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago. Zoosystema 34(2): 389-408. [29 June 2012]
  1. ^ a b Gofas, S. (2012). Pectinoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151320 on 2012-07-08
  2. ^ WALLER, THOMAS R. (2006). "Phylogeny of families in the Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia): importance of the fossil record". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 148 (3): 313–342. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00258.x.

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