Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Alternative combinations: Entolium (Entolium) lunare, Pecten lunaris
Belongs to Entolium according to R. Paredes et al. 2013
See also Aberhan 1998, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Damborenea 2002 and Inesta et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Amussium (Entolium) aurarium, Entolium (Costentolium), Entolium (Cteniopleurium), Entolium (Entolium), Entolium amerinum, Entolium callosum, Entolium costatum, Entolium demissus, Entolium discites, Entolium equabile, Entolium fossatum, Entolium irenense, Entolium kellneri, Entolium kolymaense, Entolium mapuche, Entolium meeki, Entolium membranaceum, Entolium microtis, Entolium minor, Entolium oebergi, Entolium orbiculare, Entolium piriformis, Entolium qinghaiense, Entolium reticulatum, Entolium solidum, Entolium subdemissum, Entolium utukokense, Pecten (Entolium) ceruleus, Pecten (Entolium) decoratiformis, Pecten (Entolium) lavaredanus, Pecten (Entolium) pittensis, Pecten (Entolium) yukonensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (39 collections), Bulgaria (6), Canada (2: British Columbia), Germany (20), Hungary (2), Japan (1), Portugal (1), Spain (5), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (11)
Total: 89 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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