Similipecten Winkworth 1932 (mud scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

Synonym: Arctinula Thiele 1935

Parent taxon: Propeamussiidae according to T. R. Waller 2011

See also Hendy 2007, Marquet 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 1999

Sister taxa: Catillopecten, Chlamydella, Cyclopecten, Filamussium, Parvamussium, Propeamussium

Subtaxa: Similipecten greenlandicus Similipecten minor Similipecten similis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), Greenland (5), United States (2: Maine)

• Pliocene of Belgium (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Alaska)

• Miocene of Belgium (2), Germany (1)

• Oligocene of the Netherlands (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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