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Hunanopectinidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4586899	https://www.gbif.org/species/4586899
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	126600	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=126600

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Hunanopectinidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Hunanopectinidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
-	Aviculopectinoidei	Starobogatov 1992
superfamily	Heteropectinoidea	Beurlen 1954
family	Hunanopectinidae	Yin 1985

Scientific Name

Hunanopectinidae

Name Published In

Yin Hong-fu. (1985). On Hunanopecten. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 24(6):635–639. In Chinese.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hunanopectinidae	family	belongs to Pseudomonotoidea	stated with evidence	Newell and Boyd, 1995
Hunanopectinidae	family	belongs to Pseudomonotoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Hunanopectinidae	family	belongs to Heteropectinoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

304 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

191 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

stationary (based on Pectinida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pectinida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1995. Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227:1-95

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Asoellinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	497	304 Ma Carboniferous	191 Ma Early Jurassic
Hunanopectininae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Fransonia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	279 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Hunanopecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	94	269 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Asoellidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Asoellidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1985	Hunanopectinidae Yin
1995	Hunanopectinidae Newell and Boyd p. 66
2010	Hunanopectinidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Hunanopectinidae Carter et al. p. 10

References

Newell N. D., Boyd D.W. (1995) Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227, 1-95

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Yin Hong-fu. (1985). On Hunanopecten. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 24(6):635–639. In Chinese. - via World Register of Marine Species

The Paleobiology Database (2010 version). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Carter, J. G.; Altaba, C. R.; Anderson, L. C.; Araujo, R.; Biakov, A. S.; Bogan, A. E.; Campbell, D. C.; Campbell, M.; Jin-hua, C.; Cope, J. C. W.; Delvene, G.; Dijkstra, H. H.; Zong-jie, F.; Gardner, R. N.; Gavrilova, V. A.; Goncharova, I. A.; Harries, P. J.; Hartman, J. H.; Hautmann, M.; Hoeh, W. R.; Hylleberg, J.; Bao-yu, J.; Johnston, P.; Kirkendale, L.; Kleemann, K.; Koppka, J.; Kříž, J.; Machado, D.; Malchus, N.; Márquez-Aliaga, A.; Masse, J.-P.; McRoberts, C. A.; Middelfart, P.U.; Mitchell, S.; Nevesskaja, L. A.; Özer, S.; Pojeta, J. Jr.; Polubotko, I.V.; Pons, J. M.; Popov, S.; Sánchez, T.; Sartori, A. F.; Scott, R. W.; Sey, I. I.; Signorelli, J. H.; Silantiev, V. V.; Skelton, P. W.; Steuber, T.; Waterhouse, J. B.; Wingard, G. L.; Yancey, T. (2011). A synoptical classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1-47. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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