Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae

Alternative combinations: Aviculopecten hiemalis, Aviculopecten hyemalis

Full reference: J. W. Salter. 1865. 1. Palaeozoic. Palaeontology of Niti in the Northern Himalya: Being Descriptions and Figures of the Palaeozoic and Secondary Fossils Collected by Colonel Richard Strachey, R E 1-112

Belongs to Etheripecten according to K. Nakazawa 1981

Sister taxa: Etheripecten alatus, Etheripecten brevauriculatus, Etheripecten chandleri, Etheripecten dawsonensis, Etheripecten escalatus, Etheripecten fasciculicostatus, Etheripecten haydeni, Etheripecten keyserlingiformis, Etheripecten latus, Etheripecten leniusculus, Etheripecten mutabilis, Etheripecten petulantus, Etheripecten plicatus, Etheripecten sichuanensis, Etheripecten striatura, Etheripecten subquinquelineatus, Etheripecten tenuicollis, Etheripecten tianjungensis, Etheripecten trichotomus, Etheripecten wilczeki

Type specimen: Its type locality is Niti Pass (Upper Permian), which is in a Lopingian carbonate limestone in India

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 39.8 x 7.0, valve length 20.4