Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pleuronectia papyracea
Belongs to Amusium according to T. R. Waller 2011
See also Maury 1920
Sister taxa: Amusium (Pseudamussium), Amusium aguaclarensis, Amusium balloti, Amusium bocasense, Amusium darwinianum, Amusium filosum, Amusium hulshofi, Amusium lucens, Amusium mimyum, Amusium mortoni, Amusium orientale, Amusium paris, Amusium pleuronectes, Amusium sol, Amusium toulae, Amussium alazanum, Amussium destefanii, Amussium lompocensis, Amussium squamulum, Amussium subcorneum, Pecten (Amusium) condoni, Pecten (Amusium) lyonii, Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis, Pleuronectes elongatus, Pleuronectes vulsus
Type specimen: ANSP, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (9 collections), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (9)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), the Dominican Republic (18)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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