Pernopecten subpiriformis Lu 1986 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Full reference: Y. J. Lu. 1986. Permian lamellibranchs from Buha River valley, Tianjun district, Qinghai. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25(4):463-473

Belongs to Pernopecten according to Y. J. Lu 1986

Sister taxa: Pernopecten attenuatus, Pernopecten aviculatus, Pernopecten carboniferus, Pernopecten clypeatus, Pernopecten concentricum, Pernopecten guangdongensis, Pernopecten guizhouensis, Pernopecten huayingshanensis, Pernopecten latangulatus, Pernopecten malaysia, Pernopecten obliquus, Pernopecten ohioensis, Pernopecten prosseri, Pernopecten salarius, Pernopecten sichuanensis, Pernopecten sowerbyi, Pernopecten subglobusus, Pernopecten symmetricus, Pernopecten terukoae, Pernopecten tirolense, Pernopecten vadegensis, Pernopecten yini, Pernopecten zhonglingensis, Pernopecten zhutangensis

Type specimen: Y1646, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Caodigou Section, 73YPVF39, Buha Valley, Tianjun District, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Hajier Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Caodigou Section, 73YPVF39, Buha Valley, Tianjun District

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