Pectinida Explained

Pectinida is a taxonomic order of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as scallops and their allies. It is believed that they began evolutionarily in the late Middle Ordovician epoch; many species, of course, are still extant.^[1]

2010 taxonomy

In 2010 a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the order Pectinida.^[2]

• Superfamily: Anomioidea
  • Family: Anomiidae (jingle shells)
  • Family: Placunidae (windowpane oysters & saddle oysters)
• Superfamily: Plicatuloidea
  • Family: Plicatulidae (kittenpaws)
• Superfamily: Dimyoidea
  • Family: Dimyidae (dimyidarian oysters)
• Superfamily: Pectinoidea
  • Family: Entoliidae (entoliids)
  • Family: Pectinidae (scallops)
  • Family: Propeamussiidae (propeamussiids)
  • Family: Spondylidae (thorny oysters)

Notes and References

1. 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00013-7. Phylogenetic analysis of the subclass Pteriomorphia (Bivalvia) from mtDNA COI sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27. 3. 429–440. 2003. Matsumoto . M. . 12742748.
2. 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