The Pectinoidea are a
superfamily of
marine bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...
molluscs, including the
scallop
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related familie ...
s and
spiny oyster
''Spondylus'' is a genus of bivalve molluscs, the only genus in the family (biology), family Spondylidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies ...
s.
[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.
Families
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the Pectinoidea include these families:
*
Cyclochlamydidae
*
Entoliidae
*
Neitheidae †
*
Pectinidae (scallops)
*
Pleuronectitidae †
*
Propeamussiidae some are known as glass scallops
*
Spondylidae thorny oysters
*
Tosapectinidae †
;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, .
* 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]
Further reading
(abstract)
Mollusc superfamilies
Pectinida
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