Cryptopecten phrygium Dall 1886 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Aequipecten (Aequipecten) phrygium, Aequipecten phrygium, Pecten phrygium

Belongs to Cryptopecten according to T. R. Waller 2011

See also Abbott 1974 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Cryptopecten alli, Cryptopecten nux, Cryptopecten vesiculosus

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Haiti (2)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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