Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Full reference: Y. J. Lu. 1986. Permian lamellibranchs from Buha River valley, Tianjun district, Qinghai. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25(4):463-473

Belongs to Aviculopecten according to Y. J. Lu 1986

Sister taxa: Aviculopecten altus, Aviculopecten appalachianus, Aviculopecten arctisulcatus, Aviculopecten artiensis, Aviculopecten asiaticus, Aviculopecten ballingerana, Aviculopecten basilicus, Aviculopecten batesvillensis, Aviculopecten bellatulus, Aviculopecten bertrandi, Aviculopecten bouei, Aviculopecten caodigouensis, Aviculopecten columbianus, Aviculopecten coryeanus, Aviculopecten coxanus, Aviculopecten crebristriatus, Aviculopecten crenistriatus, Aviculopecten cunctatus, Aviculopecten cypticostatus, Aviculopecten densistriatus, Aviculopecten derajatensis, Aviculopecten diemenensis, Aviculopecten disjunctus, Aviculopecten draschei, Aviculopecten eaglensis, Aviculopecten expositus, Aviculopecten flabellum, Aviculopecten frederixi, Aviculopecten germanus, Aviculopecten giganteus, Aviculopecten girtyi, Aviculopecten gradicosta, Aviculopecten gryphus, Aviculopecten halensis, Aviculopecten hardmani, Aviculopecten hataii, Aviculopecten hayasakai, Aviculopecten idahoensis, Aviculopecten imbricatus, Aviculopecten inspeciosus, Aviculopecten jabiensis, Aviculopecten jennyi, Aviculopecten kaibabensis, Aviculopecten katwahiensis, Aviculopecten keoughensis, Aviculopecten khinganensis, Aviculopecten kunlunensis, Aviculopecten latrobensis, Aviculopecten lobanovae, Aviculopecten lopingensis, Aviculopecten malayensis, Aviculopecten mayesensis, Aviculopecten mazonensis, Aviculopecten mccoyi, Aviculopecten misrikhanensis, Aviculopecten moorei, Aviculopecten morahensis, Aviculopecten morrowensis, Aviculopecten multilineatus, Aviculopecten multiradiatus, Aviculopecten multiscalptus, Aviculopecten nikolaewi, Aviculopecten nitidus, Aviculopecten nodocosta, Aviculopecten occidentalis, Aviculopecten onukii, Aviculopecten orientalis, Aviculopecten ozarkensis, Aviculopecten paradoxus, Aviculopecten pealei, Aviculopecten peculiaris, Aviculopecten pitkinensis, Aviculopecten praecox, Aviculopecten prototextorius, Aviculopecten pseudoctenostreon, Aviculopecten pseudoradiatus, Aviculopecten punjabensis, Aviculopecten qinghaiensis, Aviculopecten regularis, Aviculopecten rossiensis, Aviculopecten ruklensis, Aviculopecten scheremetus, Aviculopecten serdobowae, Aviculopecten shiroshitai, Aviculopecten sicanus, Aviculopecten simplicus, Aviculopecten squamiger, Aviculopecten squamula, Aviculopecten squamula, Aviculopecten subparadoxus, Aviculopecten subregularis, Aviculopecten sulaensis, Aviculopecten sumnerensis, Aviculopecten tompo, Aviculopecten tristriatus, Aviculopecten uralicus, Aviculopecten verbeeki, Aviculopecten waageni, Aviculopecten wilczekiformis, Aviculopecten winchelli, Aviculopecten wynnei, Aviculopecten xiaoyuanchongensis, Aviculopecten yunnanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Caodigou Section, 73VPVF10-3, Buha Valley, Tianjun District, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Caodigou Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell length 17.5