Amussium (Entolium) aurarium Meek 1865 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1865. Appendix B. Description of the fossils from the auriferous slates of California. Geology of California. Volume I. Report of Progress and Synopsis of the Field-Work, From 1860 to 1864 477-482

Belongs to Amussium (Entolium) according to F. B. Meek 1865

Sister taxa: Entolium (Costentolium), Entolium (Cteniopleurium), Entolium (Entolium), Entolium amerinum, Entolium callosum, Entolium costatum, Entolium demissus, Entolium discites, Entolium equabile, Entolium fossatum, Entolium irenense, Entolium kellneri, Entolium kolymaense, Entolium lunare, Entolium mapuche, Entolium meeki, Entolium membranaceum, Entolium microtis, Entolium minor, Entolium oebergi, Entolium orbiculare, Entolium piriformis, Entolium qinghaiense, Entolium reticulatum, Entolium solidum, Entolium subdemissum, Entolium utukokense, Pecten (Entolium) ceruleus, Pecten (Entolium) decoratiformis, Pecten (Entolium) lavaredanus, Pecten (Entolium) pittensis, Pecten (Entolium) yukonensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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