Adamussium Thiele 1934 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Parent taxon: Adamussiini according to A. Beu and M. Taviani 2013

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Antarctipecten, Duplipecten, Lentipecten, Victoripecten

Subtaxa: Adamussium auristriatum Adamussium cockburnensis Adamussium colbecki Adamussium jonkersi

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Type: Pecten colbecki

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antarctica (5 collections)

• Miocene of Antarctica (1)

• Oligocene of Antarctica (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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