†Leoclunipecten mawsoni Fletcher 1938 (scallop)
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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
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at West of Cat's Ears (Miocene to Miocene of French Southern Territories)
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