Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Aequipecten pallium, Chlamys (Aequipecten) pallium, Chlamys pallium, Cryptopecten pallium, Ostrea pallium, Pecten (Chlamys) pallium
Synonyms: Cryptopecten speciosum Reeve 1853, Gloripallium speciosum Reeve 1853, Pecten novaeguinae Tenison Woods 1878, Pecten speciosus Reeve 1853
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Gloripallium according to H. H. Dijkstra and R. N. Kilburn 2001
See also Azzaroli 1958, Hendy 2007, Ladd and Hoffmeister 1945, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Linnaeus 1758, Rombouts 1991 and Skwarko 1994
Sister taxa: Gloripallium crassivenium, Gloripallium rikinnensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Japan (1), Kenya (8), Tonga (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Somalia (4), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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