Deltopecten waterfordi Dickins 1963 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203

Belongs to Deltopecten according to J. M. Dickins 1963

Sister taxa: Deltopecten barchatovae, Deltopecten caneyanus, Deltopecten harringtoni, Deltopecten illawarrensis, Deltopecten keaseyorum, Deltopecten kieli, Deltopecten limaeformis, Deltopecten longeare, Deltopecten lyonsensis, Deltopecten mitchelli, Deltopecten rienitzi, Deltopecten tahlequahensis, Deltopecten waageni

Type specimen: CPC 3918, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is BMR F2353, Lyons River Homestead, Gascoyne River, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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