Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1963. Etheripecten, a new aviculopectinid genus from the Permian. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 6:193-196
Parent taxon: Etheripectininae according to J. G. Begg and H.R. Ballard 1991
Sister taxa: Eumorphotis, Fletcheripecten, Girtypecten, Glabripecten, Heteropecten, Neptunopecten, Undopecten, Vnigripecten
Subtaxa: Etheripecten alatus, Etheripecten brevauriculatus, Etheripecten chandleri, Etheripecten dawsonensis, Etheripecten escalatus, Etheripecten fasciculicostatus, Etheripecten haydeni, Etheripecten hiemalis, 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
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder