Parvamussium Sacco 1897 (mud scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

Alternative spellings: Amussium (Parvamussium), Propeamussiium (Parvamussium)

Synonyms: Ctenamusium Iredale 1929, Ctenamussium Iredale 1929, Pecten (Variamussium) Sacco 1897, Polynemamussium Habe 1951, Squamamussium Oyama 1944, Variamussium Sacco 1897

Parent taxon: Propeamussiidae according to T. R. Waller 2011

See also Beu et al. 1990, Coan et al. 2000, del Rio et al. 2008, Hickman 2023, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Laws 1939, Marwick 1953, Maxwell 1992, Moore 1984, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1988, Tashiro and Kozai 1982 and Weaver 1931

Sister taxa: Catillopecten, Chlamydella, Cyclopecten, Filamussium, Propeamussium, Similipecten

Subtaxa: Parvamussium alaskense Parvamussium austriacum Parvamussium bayosense Parvamussium duodecimlamellatum Parvamussium felsineum Parvamussium lajollaensis Parvamussium mata Parvamussium mideocenicum Parvamussium pumilum Parvamussium retiaculum Parvamussium salacon Parvamussium scitulum Parvamussium squalidulum Parvamussium stanfordense Parvamussium thetidis Parvamussium torresi Parvamussium vafer Polynemamussium davidsoni Polynemamussium intuscostatus Propeamussiium (Parvamussium) mistensis Variamussium anolense Variamussium cancellatum Variamussium clamosseum Variamussium squamigerum

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Type: Pecten duodecimlamellatus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (4: Alaska, California collections)

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), United States (2: California)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (1), New Zealand (2), Slovakia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (6: California, Oregon)

• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1), New Zealand (2), Romania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (9: California, Washington)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)

• Paleocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (1)

• Cretaceous of Greenland (2), India (2), Japan (36), Jordan (1), New Zealand (11), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Texas)

• Jurassic of Argentina (11), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (11), France (2), Germany (11), Greenland (4), Japan (4), Luxembourg (2), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (1), Somalia (1), Spain (84), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: California)

• Triassic of China (1), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 258 collections including 266 occurrences

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