Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1982. Permian Pectinacea and Limacea (Bivalvia) from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 49:1-75
Belongs to Etheripecten according to J. B. Waterhouse 1983
See also Waterhouse 1982
Sister taxa: Etheripecten alatus, Etheripecten brevauriculatus, Etheripecten dawsonensis, Etheripecten escalatus, Etheripecten fasciculicostatus, Etheripecten haydeni, Etheripecten hiemalis, Etheripecten latus, Etheripecten leniusculus, Etheripecten mutabilis, Etheripecten petulantus, Etheripecten plicatus, Etheripecten sichuanensis, Etheripecten striatura, Etheripecten stuflesseri, Etheripecten subquinquelineatus, Etheripecten tenuicollis, Etheripecten tianjungensis, Etheripecten trichotomus, Etheripecten wilczeki
Type specimen: NZGS TM3374. Its type locality is GS6323, east tributary of Letham Burn (D44/f9672), which is in a Roadian marine horizon in the Letham Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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