Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Lyropecten articulosus, Pecten (Nodipecten) articulosus
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1919. Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington 105-156
Belongs to Nodipecten according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Cooke 1919 and Smith 1991
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Nodipecten) caloosaensis, Nodipecten arnoldi, Nodipecten arthriticus, Nodipecten atlanticola, Nodipecten colinensis, Nodipecten estrellanus, Nodipecten macloskeyi, Nodipecten magnificus, Nodipecten nodosus, Nodipecten subnodosus, Nodipecten veatchii, Nodipecten veracruzensis
Type specimen: AMNH (no number), a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Guajay Quarry (Miocene of Cuba)
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