Leoclunipecten mawsoni Fletcher 1938

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Chlamys mawsoni

Full reference: H. O. Fletcher. 1938. Marine Tertiary fossils and a description of a recent Mytilus from Kerguelen Island. B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. Reports, Series A 2:101-116

Belongs to Leoclunipecten according to A. Beu and M. Taviani 2013

See also Fletcher 1938

Sister taxon: Leoclunipecten gazdzickii

Type specimen: Its type locality is West of Cat's Ears, which is in a Miocene/Miocene coastal sandstone in French Southern Territories

Distribution: found only at West of Cat's Ears

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