Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Full reference: M. Murata. 1973. Triassic fossils from the Kitakami Massif, northeast Japan, Part 1, Pelecypods and Brachiopods of the Osawa and the Fukkoshi Formations. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology. Special Volume (Hatai Memorial Volume) 6:267-275
Belongs to Leptochondria according to M. Murata 1973
Sister taxa: Leptochondria aeolicus, Leptochondria albertii, Leptochondria asiatica, Leptochondria bittneri, Leptochondria curtocardinalis, Leptochondria dagestanica, Leptochondria fenghaiensis, Leptochondria illyrica, Leptochondria intermedia, Leptochondria jiaheensis, Leptochondria lichuanensis, Leptochondria minima, Leptochondria nuetzeli, Leptochondria occidanea, Leptochondria pervulgata, Leptochondria prosoclinus, Leptochondria pyriformis, Leptochondria separata, Leptochondria shoshonensis, Leptochondria simensis, Leptochondria viezzenensis, Leptochondria virgalensis, Leptochondria xijinwulanensis, Leptochondria zhenjiangensis, Orientopecten gujoensis, Pecten (Leptochondria) aeolicus
Type specimen: IGPS 92661, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is Hikado, Motoyoshi-cho, Motoyoshi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Osawa Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Japan (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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