Ornithopecten elegantulus Bittner 1901 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Alternative combination: Aviculopecten elegantulus

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1901. Lamellibranchiaten aus der Trias des Bakonyer Waldes [Bivalves from the Triassic of the Bakony Forest]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(3):1-107

Belongs to Ornithopecten according to L. R. Cox 1961

See also Bittner 1901

Sister taxa: Ornithopecten beneckei, Ornithopecten bosniae, Ornithopecten esinensis, Ornithopecten interruptus, Ornithopecten katzeri, Ornithopecten magnauritus, Ornithopecten temirbabensis, Ornithopecten triadicus, Ornithopecten wissmanni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hajmáskér, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Vászoly Formation of Hungary

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hajmáskér

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