Pseudamussium gilchristi Sowerby 1904 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Chlamys gilchristi, Karnekampia gilchristi

Belongs to Pseudamussium according to H. H. Dijkstra and R. N. Kilburn 2001

Sister taxa: Pecten (Pseudamussium) peckhami, Pseudamussium (Palliolum), Pseudamussium (Peplum), Pseudamussium clavatum, Pseudamussium edegemense, Pseudamussium inflexum, Pseudamussium lilli, Pseudamussium peslutrae, Pseudamussium princeps, Pseudamussium sulcatum

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pseudamussium gilchristi in the database

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