Pectinida

Pectinida is a taxonomic order of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as scallops and their allies.^[1] It is believed that they began evolutionarily in the late Middle Ordovician epoch; many species, of course, are still extant.^[2]

Pectinida Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Aequipecten opercularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Pteriomorphia
Order:	Pectinida
Families
See text
Synonyms
Pectinoida

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.^[3]

• 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)

References

1. Pectinoida Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
2. Matsumoto, M. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of the subclass Pteriomorphia (Bivalvia) from mtDNA COI sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27 (3): 429–440. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00013-7. PMID 12742748.
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