Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: I. Szente. 1996. Bivalve ecology in the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of the Bakony Mts. (Hungary). Description of a new species of Eopecten . Fragmenta Mineralogica et Palaeontologica 18:19-29
Belongs to Eopecten according to I. Szente 1996
Sister taxa: Eopecten gradus, Eopecten hartzi, Eopecten studeri, Eopecten tegulatus, Eopecten tuberculatus, Eopecten velatus, Velata inaequistriata, Pecten (Velopecten) arthaberi
Type specimen: EUŐT 96/1, Department o f Palaeontology, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest. Its type locality is Eplény, Manganese Ore Mine, Bakony Mts., which is in a Margaritatus shallow subtidal limestone in the Hierlatz Limestone Formation of Hungary.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Eplény, Manganese Ore Mine, Bakony Mts.
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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