Pectinida
Sign in to savePectinida 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.
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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.
==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. Superfamily: Anomioidea Family: Anomiidae (jingleshells) Family: Placunidae (windowpaneshells) Superfamily: Plicatuloidea Family: Plicatulidae (kittenpaws) Superfamily: Dimyoidea Family: Dimyidae (dimyids) Superfamily: Pectinoidea Family: Entoliidae Family: Pectinidae (scallops) Family: Propeamussiidae (mud scallops) Family: Spondylidae (thorny oysters)