Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Full reference: L. Marincovich, Jr. 1993. Danian Mollusks from the Prince Creek Formation, Northern Alaska, and implications for arctic ocean paleogeography. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 67(5):1-35
Belongs to Placunopsis according to L. Marincovich 1993
Sister taxa: Placunopsis fibrosa, Placunopsis fissistriata, Placunopsis gracilis, Placunopsis minuta, Placunopsis napengensis, Placunopsis nuka, Placunopsis obliqua, Placunopsis ostracina, Placunopsis parasita, Placunopsis parvula, Placunopsis plana, Placunopsis radiata, Placunopsis rothpletzi, Placunopsis socialis, Placunopsis striatula
Type specimen: Its type locality is Prince Creek Fm, Colville River, which is in a Danian estuary/bay mudstone/sandstone in the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Prince Creek Fm, Colville River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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