Pseudamussium sulcatum Müller 1776 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Chlamys) sulcata, Pecten sulcatus

Synonyms: Karnekampia bruei Payraudeau 1826, Pecten bruei Payraudeau 1826

Full reference: O. F. Müller. 1776. Beschreibung zwoer Medusen. Beschäftigungen der Berlinischen Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde 2:290-298

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

See also Marquet and Dijkstra 1999, Müller 1776 and Wood 1850

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Belgium (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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