Pseudamussium princeps Sowerby 1826 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten princeps

Belongs to Pseudamussium according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007

See also Marquet and Dijkstra 1999 and Wood 1850

Sister taxa: Pecten (Pseudamussium) peckhami, Pseudamussium (Palliolum), Pseudamussium (Peplum), Pseudamussium clavatum, Pseudamussium edegemense, Pseudamussium gilchristi, Pseudamussium inflexum, Pseudamussium lilli, Pseudamussium peslutrae, Pseudamussium sulcatum

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Belgium (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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