†Victoripecten 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
Parent taxon: Adamussiini according to A. Beu and M. Taviani 2013
See also Beu and Darragh 2001
Sister taxa: Adamussium, Antarctipecten, Duplipecten, Lentipecten
Subtaxa: Victoripecten victoriensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)
• Eocene of Australia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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