Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: C. J. Del Río. 2004. Revision of the large Neogene pectinids (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of eastern Santa Cruz and Chubut provinces (Patagonia: Argentina). Journal of Paleontology 78(4):690-699
Belongs to Reticulochlamys according to C. J. Del Río 2004
Sister taxa: Reticulochlamys proximus, Reticulochlamys zinsmeisteri
Type specimen: MACN-Pi 4648, a shell. Its type locality is Punta-Borjas-Cerro Chenque. 2m, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Chenque Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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