Entolium irenense McLearn 1933 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1933. Pelecypods of the Lower Cretaceous Clearwater Formation. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 27(4):139-156

Belongs to Entolium according to F. H. McLearn 1933

Sister taxa: Amussium (Entolium) aurarium, Entolium (Costentolium), Entolium (Cteniopleurium), Entolium (Entolium), Entolium amerinum, Entolium callosum, Entolium costatum, Entolium demissus, Entolium discites, Entolium equabile, Entolium fossatum, Entolium kellneri, Entolium kolymaense, Entolium lunare, Entolium mapuche, Entolium meeki, Entolium membranaceum, Entolium microtis, Entolium minor, Entolium oebergi, Entolium orbiculare, Entolium piriformis, Entolium qinghaiense, Entolium reticulatum, Entolium solidum, Entolium subdemissum, Entolium utukokense, Pecten (Entolium) ceruleus, Pecten (Entolium) decoratiformis, Pecten (Entolium) lavaredanus, Pecten (Entolium) pittensis, Pecten (Entolium) yukonensis

Type specimen: Nat. Mus. of Canada 7410, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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