Eumorphotis spicata Guo 1985 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Full reference: F. X. Guo. 1985. Fossil Bivalves of Yunnan 1-319

Belongs to Eumorphotis according to F. X. Guo 1985

Sister taxa: Eumorphotis amplicostata, Eumorphotis buhaheensis, Eumorphotis ericius, Eumorphotis gronensis, Eumorphotis hinnitidea, Eumorphotis huancangensis, Eumorphotis inaequicostata, Eumorphotis inaequicostatus, Eumorphotis iwanowi, Eumorphotis lorigae, Eumorphotis multiformis, Eumorphotis nationalis, Eumorphotis praecurrens, Eumorphotis rugosa, Eumorphotis shajingengi, Eumorphotis striatocostata, Eumorphotis telleri, Eumorphotis tenuistriata, Eumorphotis venetiana, Eumorphotis virginensis, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) asperata, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) nodulata, Neomorphotis comta, Neomorphotis compta, Neomorphotis gigantea

Type specimen: IVy 0143, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Nijiao, Qiubei County, which is in an Induan marine horizon in the Ximatang Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nijiao, Qiubei County

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