Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Alternative combination: Pecten membranaceum
Synonyms: Pecten fragilis Defrance 1825, Pecten latus Hagenow 1842, Pecten plemonectes Faujas 1799, Pecten pleuronectes Faujas 1799
Belongs to Entolium according to J. D. Stilwell 1998
See also Dhondt 1971
Sister taxa: Amussium (Entolium) aurarium, Entolium (Costentolium), Entolium (Cteniopleurium), Entolium (Entolium), Entolium amerinum, Entolium callosum, Entolium costatum, Entolium demissus, Entolium discites, Entolium equabile, Entolium fossatum, Entolium irenense, Entolium kellneri, Entolium kolymaense, Entolium lunare, Entolium mapuche, Entolium meeki, Entolium microtis, Entolium minor, Entolium oebergi, Entolium orbiculare, Entolium piriformis, Entolium qinghaiense, Entolium reticulatum, Entolium solidum, Entolium subdemissum, Entolium utukokense, Pecten (Entolium) ceruleus, Pecten (Entolium) decoratiformis, Pecten (Entolium) lavaredanus, Pecten (Entolium) pittensis, Pecten (Entolium) yukonensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (19), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (3), France (1), Germany (5), India (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (27), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 74 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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