Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae

Full reference: M. Murata. 1964. Some Middle Permian Aviculopectinidae from the Kitakami Massif, northeast Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 54:215-233

Belongs to Acanthopecten according to M. Murata 1964

Sister taxa: Acanthopecten bellosum, Acanthopecten carboniferus, Acanthopecten coloradoensis, Acanthopecten delawarensis, Acanthopecten gaoanensis, Acanthopecten giganteus, Acanthopecten jaguelensis, Acanthopecten josephinae, Acanthopecten licharewi, Acanthopecten meeki, Acanthopecten shenshuensis, Acanthopecten spinosus, Acanthopecten ziphocostatus

Type specimen: IGPS 85745, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Shigeji-zawa IGPS Mi117, Kami-yasse, Kesennuma City, which is in a Roadian marine slate in the Kanokura Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder