Propeamussium (Parvamussium) cowperi Waring 1917 (mud scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Propeamusium) cowperi

Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124

Belongs to Propeamussium (Parvamussium) according to F. A. Sundberg 1989

See also Waring 1917

Sister taxa: Propeamussium (Parvamussium) holzense, Propeamussium (Parvamussium) inversum, Propeamussium (Parvamussium) robinsonense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chico area in Bell's Canyon north of Simi fault (Locality 2 of Waring 1917), which is in a Campanian marine mudstone in the Chatsworth Formation of California

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections), United States (3: California)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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