Placunanomia hannibali Jordan and Hertlein 1926 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Full reference: E. K. Jordan and L. G. Hertlein. 1926. Expedition to the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, in 1925, VII. Contribution to the geology and paleontology of the Tertiary of Cedros Island and adjacent parts of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 15(14):409-464

Belongs to Placunanomia according to E. J. Moore 1987

Sister taxa: Placunanomia (Tamianomia), Placunanomia californica, Placunanomia cumingii, Placunanomia granti, Placunanomia lithobleta, Placunanomia panamensis, Placunanomia plicata

Type specimen: CAS 2110, a shell. Its type locality is C.A.S. Loc. 945, Turtle Bay, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in Mexico.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Mexico (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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