Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae

Alternative combination: Aviculopecten occidaneus

Synonyms: Aviculopecten parvulus Hall and Whitfield 1877, Aviculopecten superstrictus White 1879, Aviculopecten weberensis Hall and Whitfield 1877, Monotis parksi Girty 1927

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1877. Part I. Palaeontology. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4:1-197

Belongs to Leptochondria according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995

Sister taxa: Leptochondria albertii, Leptochondria asiatica, Leptochondria curtocardinalis, Leptochondria hataii, Leptochondria illyrica, Leptochondria intermedia, Leptochondria jiaheensis, Leptochondria lichuanensis, Leptochondria minima, Leptochondria nuetzeli, Leptochondria pyriformis, Leptochondria viezzenensis, Leptochondria virgalensis, Leptochondria xijinwulanensis, Leptochondria zhenjiangensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell length 22.0, valve length 10.5