†Palaeopecten Williams 1913 (scallop)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Leiopectinidae
Full reference: H. S. Williams. 1913. New species of Silurian fossils from the Edmunds and Pembroke formations of Washington County, Maine. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45:319-352
Parent taxon: Leiopectinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Leiopecten
Subtaxa: Palaeopecten cobscooki Palaeopecten radvani
Type: Palaeopecten cobscooki
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Estonia (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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