Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Synonym: Spondylus dutempleanus Orbigny 1847

Belongs to Spondylus according to S. Freneix and G. S. Odin 2001

See also Böhm 1891 and Malchus et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Spondylus (Corallospondylus), Spondylus (Spondylus), Spondylus americanus, Spondylus angolensis, Spondylus aratus, Spondylus barbatus, Spondylus batequensis, Spondylus bifrons, Spondylus bostrychites, Spondylus buchi, Spondylus calcaratus, Spondylus calcifer, Spondylus candidus, Spondylus carlosensis, Spondylus cassianus, Spondylus castus, Spondylus chipolanus, Spondylus chiriquiensis, Spondylus ciliatus, Spondylus cliffensis, Spondylus colombiensis, Spondylus concentricus, Spondylus crassicosta, Spondylus crassisquama, Spondylus decussatus, Spondylus dumosus, Spondylus estrallensis, Spondylus fragilis, Spondylus gaderopoides, Spondylus gaederopus, Spondylus gumanomocon, Spondylus hystrix, Spondylus inezana, Spondylus lamellacea, Spondylus lucasi, Spondylus mimus, Spondylus mucronatus, Spondylus multisetosus, Spondylus oballosensis, Spondylus olssoni, Spondylus ornatissimus, Spondylus ostreoides, Spondylus perrini, Spondylus princeps, Spondylus pseudoradula, Spondylus quadricostatus, Spondylus radula, Spondylus raoulensis, Spondylus regius, Spondylus reticulatus, Spondylus rotundatus, Spondylus rugosus, Spondylus scotti, Spondylus sondeianus, Spondylus spectrum, Spondylus spinosus, Spondylus spinosus, Spondylus subnodosus, Spondylus subplicatus, Spondylus subsquamosus, Spondylus subvelatus, Spondylus tenella, Spondylus tenuispina, Spondylus victoriae, Spondylus wrightianus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), Egypt (1)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (3), Egypt (2), France (6), Germany (5), Kazakhstan (2), Libya (2), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (10), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 40 collections including 46 occurrences

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