Amusium sol Brown and Pilsbry 1913 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Amusium) sol

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1913. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 64:500-519

Belongs to Amusium according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Amusium (Pseudamussium), Amusium aguaclarensis, Amusium balloti, Amusium bocasense, Amusium darwinianum, Amusium filosum, Amusium hulshofi, Amusium lucens, Amusium mimyum, Amusium mortoni, Amusium orientale, Amusium papyraceum, Amusium paris, Amusium pleuronectes, Amusium toulae, Amussium alazanum, Amussium destefanii, Amussium lompocensis, Amussium squamulum, Amussium subcorneum, Pecten (Amusium) condoni, Pecten (Amusium) lyonii, Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis, Pleuronectes elongatus, Pleuronectes vulsus

Type specimen: ANSP 3888, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS 6019g, Canal Zone (Miocene of Panama)

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