Pleuronectes elongatus Frost 1925 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1925. Description of fish otoliths from the Tertiary formationsof Atcheen, Northern Sumatra. Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Oost-Indiƫ Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 1:1-28

Belongs to Pleuronectes according to G. A. Frost 1925

Sister taxa: Amusium (Pseudamussium), Amusium aguaclarensis, Amusium balloti, Amusium bocasense, Amusium darwinianum, Amusium filosum, Amusium hulshofi, Amusium lucens, Amusium mimyum, Amusium mortoni, Amusium orientale, Amusium papyraceum, Amusium paris, Amusium pleuronectes, Amusium sol, Amusium toulae, Amussium alazanum, Amussium destefanii, Amussium lompocensis, Amussium squamulum, Amussium subcorneum, Pecten (Amusium) condoni, Pecten (Amusium) lyonii, Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis, Pleuronectes vulsus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nisam, which is in a Neogene marine horizon in Indonesia

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nisam

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