Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Pecten velatus, Velata velata
Synonyms: Eopecten aubryi Douville 1886, Pleuronectites aubryi Douville 1886
Belongs to Eopecten according to W. Kiessling et al. 2011
See also Cox 1928, Cox 1965, Damborenea 2002 and Scholz et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Eopecten gradus, Eopecten hartzi, Eopecten johnsoni, Eopecten studeri, Eopecten tegulatus, Eopecten tuberculatus, Velata inaequistriata
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (2 collections), Bulgaria (1), Chile (3), Ethiopia (4), Germany (10), Hungary (1), India (19), Jordan (2), Kenya (7), Madagascar (4), Mexico (1), Portugal (9), Saudi Arabia (2), Somalia (1), Spain (36), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (5), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 114 collections including 115 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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