Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Alternative combinations: Lutraria regularis, Panopea regularis
Belongs to Panopea (Panopea) according to L. E. Anelli et al. 2006
See also Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984
Sister taxa: Panopea (Panopea) andreae, Panopea (Panopea) menardi, Panopea (Panopea) vredenburgi, Panopea (Panopea) worthingtoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cape Melville Fm -Chaminé section, King George Island, which is in a Miocene offshore mudstone in the Cape Melville Formation of Antarctica
Ecology: stationary deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Antarctica (3 collections)
• Miocene of Antarctica (2), Argentina (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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