Etheripecten plicatus Waterhouse 1983 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1983. Taxonomic names, in The sequence of Permian rocks and faunas near Exmoor Homestead south of Collinsville, north Bowen Basin. Permian Geology of Queensland 231-267

Belongs to Etheripecten according to J. B. Waterhouse 1983

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 petulantus, Etheripecten sichuanensis, Etheripecten striatura, Etheripecten stuflesseri, Etheripecten subquinquelineatus, Etheripecten tenuicollis, Etheripecten tianjungensis, Etheripecten trichotomus, Etheripecten wilczeki

Type specimen: UQ F63240. Its type locality is UQ L4640, Bowen River, Exmoor Homestead, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine sandstone in the Blenheim Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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