Pseudamussium edegemense Glibert 1945 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Pallium) edegemensis

Belongs to Pseudamussium according to R. Marquet and H. H. Dijkstra 1999

Sister taxa: Pecten (Pseudamussium) peckhami, Pseudamussium (Palliolum), Pseudamussium (Peplum), Pseudamussium clavatum, Pseudamussium gilchristi, Pseudamussium inflexum, Pseudamussium lilli, Pseudamussium peslutrae, Pseudamussium princeps, Pseudamussium sulcatum

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Edegem (Miocene to Miocene of Belgium)

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