Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: L. Waagen. 1907. Die Lamellibranchiaten der Pachycardientuffe der Seiser Alm nebst vergleichend paläontologischen und phylogenetischen Studien. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(2):1-180
Belongs to Pecten (Velopecten) according to L. Waagen 1907
Sister taxa: Eopecten gradus, Eopecten hartzi, Eopecten johnsoni, Eopecten studeri, Eopecten tegulatus, Eopecten tuberculatus, Eopecten velatus, Velata inaequistriata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pachycardientuff Fauna, Seiser Alm, which is in a Longobardian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Italy (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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