Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: R. V. Melville. 1956. The Stratigraphical Palaeontology, ammonites excluded, of the Stowell Park borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 11:67-139
Belongs to Camptonectes according to R. V. Melville 1956
Sister taxa: Camptonectes (Annulinectes), Camptonectes (Boreionectes), Camptonectes (Camptochlamys), Camptonectes (Camptonectes), Camptonectes (Costicamptonectes), Camptonectes (Hunanonectes), Camptonectes (Maclearnia), Camptonectes annulatus, Camptonectes browni, Camptonectes bubonis, Camptonectes dettermani, Camptonectes grandis, Camptonectes laminatus, Camptonectes lens, Camptonectes matonabbei, Camptonectes milleri, Camptonectes platessa, Camptonectes stygius, Camptonectes subulatus, Camptonectes tutorae, Camptonectes virdunensis, Camptonectes virgatus, Pecten (Camptonectes) placitus
Type specimen: GSM 28760. Its type locality is Stowell Park borehole (A. margaritatus Zone, 729-844ft), which is in a Pliensbachian marine sandstone/shale in the Middle Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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