Mesopeplum (Borehamia) toaense Marwick 1928 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Sectipecten toaensis

Full reference: J. Marwick. 1928. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands including a generic revision of the New Zealand Petinidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 58:432-506

Belongs to Mesopeplum (Borehamia) according to A. G. Beu 1978

See also Marwick 1928

Sister taxa: Mesopeplum (Borehamia) crawfordi, Mesopeplum (Borehamia) hilli

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mesopeplum (Borehamia) toaense in the database

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