Etheripecten petulantus Waterhouse 1987 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Mollusca and correlations from the south-east Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(4-6):129-233

Belongs to Etheripecten according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

Sister taxa: Etheripecten alatus, Etheripecten brevauriculatus, Etheripecten chandleri, Etheripecten dawsonensis, Etheripecten escalatus, Etheripecten fasciculicostatus, Etheripecten haydeni, Etheripecten hiemalis, Etheripecten latus, Etheripecten leniusculus, Etheripecten mutabilis, Etheripecten plicatus, Etheripecten sichuanensis, Etheripecten striatura, Etheripecten stuflesseri, Etheripecten subquinquelineatus, Etheripecten tenuicollis, Etheripecten tianjungensis, Etheripecten trichotomus, Etheripecten wilczeki

Type specimen: UQ F74336. Its type locality is UQ L253, Fossil Hill, Cracow Homestead, which is in an Artinskian coastal siliciclastic in the Buffel Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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