Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten subvelatus
Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152
Belongs to Spondylus according to G. Münster 1841
See also Bittner 1895
Sister taxa: Spondylus (Corallospondylus), Spondylus (Spondylus), Spondylus americanus, Spondylus angolensis, Spondylus aratus, Spondylus barbatus, Spondylus batequensis, Spondylus bifrons, Spondylus bostrychites, Spondylus buchi, Spondylus calcaratus, Spondylus calcifer, Spondylus candidus, Spondylus carlosensis, Spondylus cassianus, Spondylus castus, Spondylus chipolanus, Spondylus chiriquiensis, Spondylus ciliatus, Spondylus cliffensis, Spondylus colombiensis, Spondylus concentricus, Spondylus crassicosta, Spondylus crassisquama, Spondylus decussatus, Spondylus dumosus, Spondylus estrallensis, Spondylus fimbriatus, Spondylus fragilis, Spondylus gaderopoides, Spondylus gaederopus, Spondylus gumanomocon, Spondylus hystrix, Spondylus inezana, Spondylus lamellacea, Spondylus lucasi, Spondylus mimus, Spondylus mucronatus, Spondylus multisetosus, Spondylus oballosensis, Spondylus olssoni, Spondylus ornatissimus, Spondylus ostreoides, Spondylus perrini, Spondylus princeps, Spondylus pseudoradula, Spondylus quadricostatus, Spondylus radula, Spondylus raoulensis, Spondylus regius, Spondylus reticulatus, Spondylus rotundatus, Spondylus rugosus, Spondylus scotti, Spondylus sondeianus, Spondylus spectrum, Spondylus spinosus, Spondylus spinosus, Spondylus subnodosus, Spondylus subplicatus, Spondylus subsquamosus, Spondylus tenella, Spondylus tenuispina, Spondylus victoriae, Spondylus wrightianus
Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Munster coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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