†Ruthipecten 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
Parent taxon: Chlamydini according to A. Beu and M. Taviani 2013
Sister taxa: Abrachlamys, Austrochlamys, Austrohinnites, Dichotochlamys, Equichlamys, Laevichlamys, Leoclunipecten, Notochlamys, Serripecten, Talochlamys, Veprichlamys, Zygochlamys
Subtaxa: Ruthipecten tuftsensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ruthipecten in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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