Placunopsis minuta Lundgren 1895 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Full reference: B. Lundgren. 1895. Jurafossil fran Kap Stewart i Ost-Gronland. Meddelelser om Gronland 7:191-214

Belongs to Placunopsis according to B. Lundgren 1895

Sister taxa: Placunopsis fibrosa, Placunopsis fissistriata, Placunopsis gracilis, Placunopsis napengensis, Placunopsis nuka, Placunopsis obliqua, Placunopsis ostracina, Placunopsis parasita, Placunopsis parvula, Placunopsis plana, Placunopsis radiata, Placunopsis rothi, Placunopsis rothpletzi, Placunopsis socialis, Placunopsis striatula

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cape Stewart (gray sandstone), which is in a Pliensbachian marine sandstone in the Cape Stewart Beds Formation of Greenland

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Greenland (17 collections)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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