Talochlamys multilamellata Beu and Darragh 2001 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh. 2001. Revision of southern Australian Cenozoic fossil Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Proceedings of the Royal Sociey of Victoria 113(1):1-205

Belongs to Talochlamys according to A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh 2001

Sister taxa: Talochlamys badioriva, Talochlamys consociata, Talochlamys dichroa, Talochlamys eyrei, Talochlamys famigerator, Talochlamys gemmulata, Talochlamys keiloriana, Talochlamys laticostata, Talochlamys multistriata, Talochlamys pulleiniana, Talochlamys pusio, Talochlamys williamsoni, Talochlamys zelandiae

Type specimen: WAM 69.815a, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Abrakurrie Limestone (Miocene of Australia)

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