Lentipecten adelaidensis Ludbrook 1955 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Belongs to Lentipecten according to T. A. Darragh 1970

Sister taxa: Lentipecten (Entoliopsis), Lentipecten (Lentipecten), Lentipecten corneus, Lentipecten hochstetteri, Lentipecten kadari, Lentipecten paueri

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dry Creek Sands - Tennant's Bore, Adelaide (Miocene of Australia)

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