Propeamussium de Gregorio 1884 (mud scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

Alternative spelling: Amusium (Propeamussium)

Synonyms: Micramussium Oyama 1951, Paramusium Verrill 1897, Pseudopalliorum Oyama 1944

Parent taxon: Propeamussiidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Coan et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Catillopecten, Chlamydella, Cyclopecten, Filamussium, Parvamussium, Similipecten

Subtaxa: Paramusium astoriana Paramusium dalli

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Type: Pecten (Propeamussium) ceciliae

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

• Miocene of Grenada (3), Italy (1), Japan (2), Morocco (1), United States (2: Oregon)

• Oligocene of Denmark (2), Panama (1), Puerto Rico (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (7: Oregon, Washington)

• Eocene of France (1), Haiti (1), Panama (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (12: Alabama, Alaska, California, Louisiana, Oregon)

• Paleocene of Denmark (7), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Japan (1), Poland (2), United States (48: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), China (2), Denmark (1), Germany (4), Greenland (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), Poland (9), Ukraine (1), United States (15: California, Colorado)

• Temaikan of New Zealand (2)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Bulgaria (3), Canada (25: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (5), China (4), Germany (5), Hungary (1), Iran (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (6), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)

• Triassic of Austria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Iran (3), Italy (1), Mexico (1)

Total: 208 collections including 219 occurrences

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