Pectinida

Pectinida
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Present
Aequipecten opercularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Pectinida
J. E. Gray, 1854
Families

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Synonyms

Pectinoida

Pectinida is a taxonomic order of saltwater and brackish clams, bivalve molluscs, commonly known as scallops and their allies. They evolved somewhere in the late Middle Ordovician epoch. The order was first defined and published by John Edward Gray in 1854.

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.

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. ↑ "MolluscaBase - Pectinida". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  4. ↑ 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