Syncyclonema gibsonia Skwarko 1967 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Full reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1967. Lower Cretaceous Mollusca of the Great Artesian Basin Type in the Gibson Desert, Central Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, and Geophysics Bulletin 75:1-38

Belongs to Syncyclonema according to S. K. Skwarko 1967

Sister taxa: Syncyclonema archeri, Syncyclonema cretacea, Syncyclonema gamsensis, Syncyclonema greppini, Syncyclonema haeggi, Syncyclonema hagenowi, Syncyclonema haggi, Syncyclonema haldonensis, Syncyclonema hallii, Syncyclonema kingi, Syncyclonema latum, Syncyclonema nilsoni, Syncyclonema operculiformis, Syncyclonema semiplicata, Syncyclonema travisanus

Type specimen: CPC 6925, a shell. Its type locality is B5 - Mount Beadell [Bejah Beds], which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Bejah Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), China (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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