Placunopsis plana Giebel 1856 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Versteinerungen in Muschelkalk von Lieskau bei Halle. Abhandlungen Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines 1:53-126

Belongs to Placunopsis according to J. G. Sha 1995

Sister taxa: Placunopsis fibrosa, Placunopsis fissistriata, Placunopsis gracilis, Placunopsis minuta, Placunopsis napengensis, Placunopsis nuka, Placunopsis obliqua, Placunopsis ostracina, Placunopsis parasita, Placunopsis parvula, Placunopsis radiata, Placunopsis rothi, Placunopsis rothpletzi, Placunopsis socialis, Placunopsis striatula

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lieskau Quarry, Halle, which is in a Triassic shallow subtidal limestone in Germany

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), Germany (1), Spain (6)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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