Streblochondria tenuilineata Meek and Worthen 1860 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae

Alternative combinations: Pecten tenuilineatus, Streblopteria tenuilineata

Synonym: Crenipecten foerstii Herrick 1887

Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1860. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from Illinois and other western states. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12:447-472

Belongs to Streblochondria according to W. G. H. Maxwell 1964

See also Elias 1957, Herrick 1887, Hoare 1961, Meek and Worthen 1860, Meek and Worthen 1866, Morningstar 1922, Newell 1938 and Sayre 1930

Sister taxa: Streblochondria anisota, Streblochondria concentricolineata, Streblochondria condrai, Streblochondria didymoscripta, Streblochondria erecta, Streblochondria fibrillosa, Streblochondria flexuosa, Streblochondria guangdongensis, Streblochondria hertzeri, Streblochondria histion, Streblochondria infelix, Streblochondria matsushitai, Streblochondria mira, Streblochondria mutata, Streblochondria orbiculata, Streblochondria parkesi, Streblochondria ptychotis, Streblochondria sculptilis, Streblochondria senilis, Streblochondria sericea, Streblochondria shouchangensis, Streblochondria stantonensis, Streblochondria striatus, Streblochondria subequivalva, Streblochondria subgranosa, Streblochondria sueroi, Streblochondria tiltoni, Streblochondria winsnesi, Streblochondria zhongyingensis

Ecology: nektobenthic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of Spain (1), United States (7: Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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