Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Crenamussium balatonicus, Pecten balatonicus
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 Pleuronectites according to E. Friesenbichler et al. 2019
See also Bittner 1901, Krumbeck 1924 and Newton et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Pleuronectites difformis, Pleuronectites hirabarensis, Pleuronectites laevigatus, Pleuronectites meeki, Pleuronectites newelli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Veszprém, Profile XII, "Conchodonmergel", which is in a Carnian marine horizon in Hungary
Distribution:
• Triassic of Hungary (5 collections), Indonesia (1), Romania (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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