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 Leptopecten according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Leptopecten (Leptopecten), Leptopecten auroraensis, Leptopecten bavayi, Leptopecten camerella, Leptopecten latiauratus, Leptopecten olgensis, Leptopecten thompsoni, Leptopecten tumbezensis, Pecten (Leptopecten) praevalidus, Pacipecten weaveri, Pacipecten andersoni, Pacipecten discus, Pacipecten pabloensis, Pacipecten linki, Pacipecten bilineatus, Pacipecten tolmani
Type specimen: USNM 647128, a shell. Its type locality is Woodring Loc. 138 [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (34 collections), Venezuela (1)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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