†Veprichlamys leprosa Beu and Darragh 2001 (scallop)
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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
Belongs to Veprichlamys according to A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh 2001
Sister taxa: Veprichlamys kiwaensis, Veprichlamys perillustris
Type specimen: P302793, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Fyansford Fm (Miocene of Australia)
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