Camptonectes matonabbei McLearn 1933 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1933. Pelecypods of the Lower Cretaceous Clearwater Formation. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 27(4):139-156

Belongs to Camptonectes according to F. H. McLearn 1933

Sister taxa: Camptonectes (Annulinectes), Camptonectes (Boreionectes), Camptonectes (Camptochlamys), Camptonectes (Camptonectes), Camptonectes (Costicamptonectes), Camptonectes (Hunanonectes), Camptonectes (Maclearnia), Camptonectes annulatus, Camptonectes browni, Camptonectes bubonis, Camptonectes dettermani, Camptonectes grandis, Camptonectes laminatus, Camptonectes lens, Camptonectes milleri, Camptonectes mundus, Camptonectes platessa, Camptonectes stygius, Camptonectes subulatus, Camptonectes tutorae, Camptonectes virdunensis, Camptonectes virgatus, Pecten (Camptonectes) placitus

Type specimen: Nat. Mus. of Canada 7414, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Clearwater Fm (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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