Pectunculina parvicostata Maxwell 1992 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae

Full reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1992. Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65:1-280

Belongs to Pectunculina according to P. A. Maxwell 1992

Sister taxa: Limopsis (Limopsis), Limopsis (Limopsista), Limopsis affinis, Limopsis aguilari, Limopsis antillensis, Limopsis aviculoides, Limopsis belcheri, Limopsis calva, Limopsis carmanahensis, Limopsis chapmani, Limopsis coemansi, Limopsis cossmanni, Limopsis cristata, Limopsis davinae, Limopsis demerei, Limopsis ellipsis, Limopsis gisbornensis, Limopsis grenadinarum, Limopsis hatoviejonis, Limopsis hirtella, Limopsis insolita, Limopsis invalida, Limopsis janeiroensis, Limopsis kunraediensis, Limopsis lawsi, Limopsis marionensis, Limopsis marwicki, Limopsis minima, Limopsis monbergi, Limopsis monilis, Limopsis morningtonensis, Limopsis multiradiata, Limopsis nitens, Limopsis onchodes, Limopsis ovalis, Limopsis parma, Limopsis paucidentata, Limopsis pelagica, Limopsis perieri, Limopsis peteri, Limopsis plana, Limopsis propeinvalida, Limopsis psimolis, Limopsis pygmaea, Limopsis radialis, Limopsis radiata, Limopsis silveradoensis, Limopsis spicata, Limopsis squiresi, Limopsis sulcata, Limopsis surinamensis, Limopsis tenella, Limopsis transversa, Limopsis turnbulli, Limopsis zealandica, Limopsis zitteli, Pectunculina proceritas, Limopsis (Pectunculina) fenestrata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) grenadarum, Limopsis (Pectunculina) lamellata, Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera, Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata, Pectunculina scalaris, Lunopsis hoerninghausii, Felicia phrear, Trigonocoelia curvirostris, Trigonocoelia ledoides

Type specimen: TM 6973, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tahu Member, McCulloch's Bridge (Eocene of New Zealand)

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