Streblopteria girtyi 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 Streblopteria according to R. D. Hoare 1993

Sister taxa: Streblopteria alenae, Streblopteria antinorii, Streblopteria auriculatum, Streblopteria bella, Streblopteria biornata, Streblopteria cellensis, Streblopteria eichwaldi, Streblopteria elliptica, Streblopteria englehardti, Streblopteria gracilicosta, Streblopteria hajierensis, Streblopteria homevalensis, Streblopteria krasnoufimskensis, Streblopteria kusnezovi, Streblopteria laevigata, Streblopteria lagunensis, Streblopteria levis, Streblopteria magnini, Streblopteria minauris, Streblopteria minuta, Streblopteria montpelierensis, Streblopteria mortonii, Streblopteria oklahomensis, Streblopteria parenensis, Streblopteria pusilla, Streblopteria radiata, Streblopteria rotunda, Streblopteria siniilis, Streblopteria subrotunda, Rutotia thyrrena

Type specimen: USNM 459162, a shell

Ecology: nektobenthic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: West Virginia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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