Bupecten cornutus Guo 1988 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Belongs to Bupecten according to Guo 1988

Sister taxa: Bupecten (Linobupecten), Bupecten bubulus

Type specimen: Geological Museum of China, Beijing, IVy0699. Its type locality is Dongguachong, Qiubei, which is in a Ladinian/Julian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dongguachong, Qiubei

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