Pterinopectinella welleri Newell 1938 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1938. Late Paleozoic pelecypods: Pectinacea. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas 10(1):1-123

Belongs to Pterinopectinella according to N. D. Newell 1938

See also Amler 2010

Sister taxon: Pterinopectinella spinifera

Type specimen: KU 358, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterinopectinella welleri in the database

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