Limipecten morsei Newell 1938 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae

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 Limipecten according to N. D. Newell 1938

Sister taxa: Limipecten araneosus, Limipecten bandoi, Limipecten burnettensis, Limipecten flexiauricularis, Limipecten globulus, Limipecten grandicostatus, Limipecten greerensis, Limipecten hubeiensis, Limipecten koninckii, Limipecten lamellus, Limipecten latiformis, Limipecten multistriatus, Limipecten otterensis, Limipecten pincombei, Limipecten texanus, Limipecten wewokanus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Talpa New Mexico (Carboniferous of New Mexico)

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