Pectinoidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of bivalves}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

|name =Pectinoidea

|image =Spondylus varius.jpg

|image_caption=Spondylus varius

|taxon =Pectinoidea

|authority =Wilkes, 1810

|subdivision_ranks=Families

|subdivision=See text.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =Pectinacea

}}

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

Shell anatomy

All members of this superfamily have a triangular resilium with a nonmineralized medial core that functions below the hinge line.{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00258.x|title=Phylogeny of families in the Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia): importance of the fossil record|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|date=2006|volume=148|issue=3|pages=313–342|first=THOMAS R.|last=WALLER|doi-access=free}}

Families

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the Pectinoidea include these families (all taxa marked † are extinct):

;Families brought into synonymy:

  • Propeamussidae: synonym of Propeamussiidae
  • Syncyclonematidae: synonym of Entoliidae

References

  • 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.
  • [http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/44248_z2012n2a13.pdf 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]]

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Further reading

  • [http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v28/2008f/n1p088.htm Henk H. Dijkstra & Bruce A. Marshall, The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae); Molluscan Research 28(1): 1-88; published 14 Mar. 2008] (abstract)

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Category:Mollusc superfamilies

Category:Pectinida

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