Semipallium foulcheri Tenison Woods 1865 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Notochlamys foulcheri, Pecten foulcheri

Synonym: Notochlamys antecedens Singleton 1941

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

Sister taxa: Semipallium fulvicostatum, Semipallium hallae, Semipallium tigris, Semipallium trigris, Semipellium radula, Chlamys (Belchlamys) aktinos

Type specimens:

  • Semipallium foulcheri: NMV P302198, a shell
  • Notochlamys antecedens:

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (13 collections)

• Oligocene of Australia (3)

• Eocene of Australia (2)

Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences

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