Altaipecten multicostatus Yang and Chen 1985 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Belongs to Altaipecten according to Yang and Chen 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Geological Survey of Xinjiang, XBA-479. Its type locality is Keramaili, which is in a Moscovian marine horizon in the Shiqiantan Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Keramaili

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