Syncyclonema haggi Dhondt 1971 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Invalid subtaxa: Pecten (Entolium) pusillulus Griepenkerl 1889, Pecten laevis Nilsson 1827 [replaced name], Syncyclonema laevis Nilsson 1827 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. Dhondt. 1971. Systematic revision of Entolium, Propeamussium (Amusiidae) and Syncyclonema (Pectinidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca) of the European Boreal Cretaceous. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 47(32)

Belongs to Syncyclonema according to Meek 1864

See also Böhm 1891, Dhondt 1971 and Malchus et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Syncyclonema cretacea, Syncyclonema gamsensis, Syncyclonema gibsonia, Syncyclonema greppini, Syncyclonema haeggi, Syncyclonema hagenowi, Syncyclonema haldonensis, Syncyclonema kingi, Syncyclonema latum, Syncyclonema nilsoni, Syncyclonema operculiformis, Syncyclonema semiplicata

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Denmark (2), Germany (5), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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