Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Alternative combinations: Pecten (Syncyclonema) nilssoni, Pecten nilsoni
Synonyms: Pecten orbicularis Sowerby 1817, Pecten spathulatus Roemer 1841, Pecten spatulatus Roemer 1841, Syncyclonema spatulata Roemer 1841
Belongs to Syncyclonema according to Dhondt 1971
See also Böhm 1891, Dartevelle and Freneix 1957, Dhondt 1971, Schneider et al. 2013, Sowerby 1817 and Yamani 1983
Sister taxa: Syncyclonema cretacea, Syncyclonema gamsensis, Syncyclonema gibsonia, Syncyclonema greppini, Syncyclonema haeggi, Syncyclonema hagenowi, Syncyclonema haggi, Syncyclonema haldonensis, Syncyclonema kingi, Syncyclonema latum, Syncyclonema operculiformis, Syncyclonema semiplicata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (3), France (1), Germany (3), Jordan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences
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