Nodipecten macloskeyi Anderson 1929 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten macloskeyi

Belongs to Nodipecten according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Chlamys (Nodipecten) caloosaensis, Nodipecten arnoldi, Nodipecten arthriticus, Nodipecten articulosus, Nodipecten atlanticola, Nodipecten colinensis, Nodipecten estrellanus, Nodipecten magnificus, Nodipecten nodosus, Nodipecten subnodosus, Nodipecten veatchii, Nodipecten veracruzensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS Loc267 (horizon P), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm], which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CAS Loc. 267 (horizon P), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm]

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