Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Ostrea pleuronectes, Pleuronectes pleuronectes
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Amusium according to T. R. Waller 2011
See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Oostingh 1935, Rombouts 1991 and Skwarko 1994
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 sol, 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
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4 collections), Tanzania (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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