Syncyclonema Meek 1864 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

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

See also Anderson 1945, Anderson 1958, Cox 1924, Dhondt 1971, Sepkoski 2002, Skwarko 1967 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Syncyclonema cretacea Syncyclonema gamsensis Syncyclonema gibsonia Syncyclonema greppini Syncyclonema haeggi Syncyclonema hagenowi Syncyclonema haggi Syncyclonema haldonensis Syncyclonema kingi Syncyclonema latum Syncyclonema nilsoni Syncyclonema operculiformis Syncyclonema semiplicata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), the Netherlands (1), United States (3: Texas)

• Cretaceous of Australia (3), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: Alberta), China (2), Colombia (2), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (3), France (1), Germany (7), Greenland (1), India (3), Jamaica (2), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (3), Poland (8), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (290: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Triassic of Singapore (1)

Total: 356 collections including 413 occurrences

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