Lyriochlamys complexicostata Gabb 1869 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten complexicosta

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Belongs to Lyriochlamys according to A. Kaim et al. 2014

See also Anderson 1938, Gabb 1869 and Stanton 1895

Sister taxa: Chlamys (Chlamys) cretosus, Lyriochlamys otianus, Lyriochlamys traskii

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (4: California collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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