A new fossil Adamussium (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Antarctica

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Quaglio, Fernanda, Whittle, Rowan Jane, Gaździcki, Andrzej, Simões, Marcello Guimarães
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2010
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Buttress; Destruction Bay; King George Island; West Antarctica; Wrona Buttress; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13043/; http://versita.metapress.com/content/7456026283k82284/fulltext.pdf

Adamussium jonkersi sp. nov. is described from the Late Oligocene Destruction Bay Formation, Wrona Buttress area, King George Island (South Shetlands), West Antarctica. The unit, characterized by volcanic sandstone, is a shallow marine succession deposited in a moderate-to high-energy environment. The thin-shelled pectinids, collected from the lower part of the unit, are preserved mostly as complete valves. Shell thickness, sculpture pattern and umbonal angle suggest a free-living, inactive swimming life habit.