Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Alternative combinations: Amusium sowerbii, Aviculopecten sowerbii, Entolium sowerbii, Pecten sowerbii, Syncyclonema sowerbyi
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1844. A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland. 1-207
Belongs to Pernopecten according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Etheridge 1878, Hind 1900, M'Coy 1844 and M'Coy 1855
Sister taxa: Pernopecten attenuatus, Pernopecten aviculatus, Pernopecten carboniferus, Pernopecten clypeatus, Pernopecten concentricum, Pernopecten guangdongensis, Pernopecten guizhouensis, Pernopecten huayingshanensis, Pernopecten latangulatus, Pernopecten malaysia, Pernopecten obliquus, Pernopecten ohioensis, Pernopecten prosseri, Pernopecten salarius, Pernopecten sichuanensis, Pernopecten subglobusus, Pernopecten subpiriformis, Pernopecten symmetricus, Pernopecten terukoae, Pernopecten tirolense, Pernopecten vadegensis, Pernopecten yini, Pernopecten zhonglingensis, Pernopecten zhutangensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Germany (1 collection), Ireland (2), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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