Pseudamussium peslutrae Linnaeus 1771 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Ostrea peslutrae

Synonyms: Pecten septemradiatus Müller 1776, Pseudamussium septemradiatum Müller 1776

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1771. Mantissa plantarum altera generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II 144-588

Belongs to Pseudamussium according to H. H. Dijkstra and R. N. Kilburn 2001

See also Linnaeus 1771 and Müller 1776

Sister taxa: Pecten (Pseudamussium) peckhami, Pseudamussium (Palliolum), Pseudamussium (Peplum), Pseudamussium clavatum, Pseudamussium edegemense, Pseudamussium gilchristi, Pseudamussium inflexum, Pseudamussium lilli, Pseudamussium princeps, Pseudamussium sulcatum

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pecten reghiensis assemblage zone, Aegina Island (Pliocene of Greece)

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