Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spelling: Amusium (Lentipecten)
Parent taxon: Adamussiini according to A. Beu and M. Taviani 2013
See also Beu et al. 1990, Le Renard 1994, Schnetler and Palm 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Wozny 1977
Sister taxa: Adamussium, Antarctipecten, Duplipecten, Victoripecten
Subtaxa: Lentipecten (Entoliopsis) Lentipecten (Lentipecten) Lentipecten adelaidensis Lentipecten corneus Lentipecten hochstetteri Lentipecten kadari Lentipecten paueri
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Greenland (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (18)
• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1), Denmark (5), New Zealand (22)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), Croatia (1), France (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (7), Poland (2), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 75 collections including 78 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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