Vorkutopecten svalbardensis Nakazawa 1999 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Full reference: K. Nakazawa. 1999. Permian bivalves from West Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Norway. Paleontological Research 3(1):1-17

Belongs to Vorkutopecten according to K. Nakazawa 1999

Sister taxa: Vorkutopecten netschajewi, Vorkutopecten talis

Type specimen: HP 100072, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Festningen, Unit 9, Spitsbergen (1989-91 coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Kapp Starostin Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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