Lepidopecten proterus Woodring 1982 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)

Belongs to Lepidopecten according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxon: Lepidopecten scissuratus

Type specimen: USNM 647122, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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