Pecten (Leptochondria) aeolicus Bittner 1891 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1891. Triaspetrefakten von Balia in Kleinasien. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen, Geologischen Reichsanstalt 41:97-116

Belongs to Pecten (Leptochondria) according to A. Bittner 1891

See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Leptochondria aeolicus, Leptochondria albertii, Leptochondria asiatica, Leptochondria bittneri, Leptochondria curtocardinalis, Leptochondria dagestanica, Leptochondria fenghaiensis, Leptochondria hataii, Leptochondria illyrica, Leptochondria intermedia, Leptochondria jiaheensis, Leptochondria lichuanensis, Leptochondria minima, Leptochondria nuetzeli, Leptochondria occidanea, Leptochondria pervulgata, Leptochondria prosoclinus, Leptochondria pyriformis, Leptochondria separata, Leptochondria shoshonensis, Leptochondria simensis, Leptochondria viezzenensis, Leptochondria virgalensis, Leptochondria xijinwulanensis, Leptochondria zhenjiangensis, Orientopecten gujoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Balia (Halobia beds), which is in a Triassic marine shale in Turkey

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Balia (Halobia beds)

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