Streblochondria mutata Hoare 1993 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae

Full reference: R. D. Hoare. 1993. Mississippian (Chesterian) bivalves from the Pennsylvanian stratotype area in West Virginia and Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 67(3):374-396

Belongs to Streblochondria according to R. D. Hoare 1993

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 orbiculata, Streblochondria parkesi, Streblochondria ptychotis, Streblochondria sculptilis, Streblochondria senilis, Streblochondria sericea, Streblochondria shouchangensis, Streblochondria stantonensis, Streblochondria striatus, Streblochondria subequivalva, Streblochondria subgranosa, Streblochondria sueroi, Streblochondria tenuilineata, Streblochondria tiltoni, Streblochondria winsnesi, Streblochondria zhongyingensis

Type specimen: USNM 459156, a shell

Ecology: nektobenthic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: West Virginia collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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