Amusium lucens Tate 1886 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten lucens

Full reference: R. Tate. 1886. The lamellibranchs of the Older Tertiary of Australia (part 1). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 8:96-158

Belongs to Amusium according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1886

Sister taxa: Amusium (Pseudamussium), Amusium aguaclarensis, Amusium balloti, Amusium bocasense, Amusium darwinianum, Amusium filosum, Amusium hulshofi, Amusium mimyum, Amusium mortoni, Amusium orientale, Amusium papyraceum, Amusium paris, Amusium pleuronectes, Amusium sol, Amusium toulae, Amussium alazanum, Amussium destefanii, Amussium lompocensis, Amussium squamulum, Amussium subcorneum, Pecten (Amusium) condoni, Pecten (Amusium) lyonii, Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis, Pleuronectes elongatus, Pleuronectes vulsus

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Amusium lucens in the database

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