Guizhoupecten filae Waterhouse 1987 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae

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 Guizhoupecten according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

Sister taxa: Aviculopecten guadalupensis, Guizhoupecten acanthus, Guizhoupecten cheni, Guizhoupecten maynci, Guizhoupecten miyamoriensis, Guizhoupecten multistriatus, Guizhoupecten regularis, Guizhoupecten tubicostata, Guizhoupecten wangi, Guizhoupecten xiaosanjiarensis

Type specimen: UQ F51930, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is UQ L3102, East of Eidsvold-Banana Road, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal sandstone in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.

Ecology: nektobenthic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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