†Austrochlamys forticosta Beu and Taviani 2013 (scallop)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: A. Beu and M. Taviani. 2013. Early Miocene Mollusca from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (ANDRILL 2A drill core), with a review of Antarctic Oligocene and Neogene Pectinidae (Bivalvia). Palaeontology 56(6):1-44
Belongs to Austrochlamys according to A. Beu and M. Taviani 2013
Sister taxa: Austrochlamys anderssoni, Austrochlamys heardensis, Austrochlamys marisrossensis
Type specimen: USNM 545830, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Austrochlamys forticosta in the database
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