Heteranomia Winckworth 1922 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Parent taxon: Anomiidae according to R. Marquet 2002

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Anomia, Anomianella, Anomiinae, Carolia, Enigmonia, Eonomia, Hemiplacuna, Indoplacuna, Isomonia, Juranomia, Operculella, Paranomia, Paraplacuna, Parinomya, Pindorama, Placunanomia, Placunanomiinae, Placunema, Placunopsis, Pododesmus, Pseudoplacuna, Tedinia, Wakullina

Subtaxa: Heteranomia scabrosa Heteranomia squamula

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (2 collections), Iceland (3), Italy (1), the Netherlands (4), the United Kingdom (10)

• Pliocene of Belgium (4), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Miocene of Belgium (6), Denmark (1), Germany (15)

• Oligocene of Denmark (1)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence

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