†Pseudoplacunopsis placentoides Trechmann 1917 (scallop)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Full reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1917. The Trias of New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 73(3):165-246
Belongs to Pseudoplacunopsis according to C. T. Trechmann 1917
Sister taxa: Pseudoplacunopsis affixa, Pseudoplacunopsis alpina, Pseudoplacunopsis ogilviae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Otamita Stream (Bed "C"), which is in a Carnian marine shale in New Zealand
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Caledonia (1 collection), New Zealand (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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