Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Aequipecten macfadyeni, Chlamys (Aequipecten) macfadyeni
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1935. Jurassic Gastropoda and Lamellibranchia. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 148-197
Belongs to Spondylopecten according to M. Aberhan 2010
See also Cox 1935 and Manivit et al. 1990
Sister taxon: Spondylopecten palinurus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bihendula, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (1 collection), Somalia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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