Antarctipecten Beu and Taviani 2013 (scallop)

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: Adamussiini according to A. Beu and M. Taviani 2013

Sister taxa: Adamussium, Duplipecten, Lentipecten, Victoripecten

Subtaxa: Antarctipecten alanbeui

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Type: Adamussium alanbeui

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Antarctipecten in the database

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