Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh. 2001. Revision of southern Australian Cenozoic fossil Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Proceedings of the Royal Sociey of Victoria 113(1):1-205
Parent taxon: Chlamydini according to A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh 2001
Sister taxa: Abrachlamys, Austrochlamys, Austrohinnites, Equichlamys, Laevichlamys, Leoclunipecten, Notochlamys, Ruthipecten, Serripecten, Talochlamys, Veprichlamys, Zygochlamys
Subtaxa: Dichotochlamys dichotomalis
Type: Pecten dichotomalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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