Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262
Belongs to Pecten (Entolium) according to J. P. Smith 1927
Sister taxa: Amussium (Entolium) aurarium, Entolium (Costentolium), Entolium (Cteniopleurium), Entolium (Entolium), Entolium amerinum, Entolium callosum, Entolium costatum, Entolium demissus, Entolium discites, Entolium equabile, Entolium fossatum, Entolium irenense, Entolium kellneri, Entolium kolymaense, Entolium lunare, Entolium mapuche, Entolium meeki, Entolium membranaceum, Entolium microtis, Entolium minor, Entolium oebergi, Entolium orbiculare, Entolium piriformis, Entolium qinghaiense, Entolium reticulatum, Entolium solidum, Entolium subdemissum, Entolium utukokense, Pecten (Entolium) ceruleus, Pecten (Entolium) decoratiformis, Pecten (Entolium) lavaredanus, Pecten (Entolium) yukonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Pit shale), which is in a Carnian marine shale in the Pit Formation of California
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Pit shale)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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