Chesapecten middlesexensis Mansfield 1936 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Chlamys) middlesexensis

Belongs to Chesapecten according to L. W. Ward and B. W. Blackwelder 1975

Sister taxa: Chesapecten (Chesapecten), Chesapecten (Christinapecten), Chesapecten coccymelus, Chesapecten jeffersonius, Chesapecten madisonius, Chesapecten patagonensis, Chesapecten santamaria, Chesapecten sayanus, Chesapecten skiptonensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (18: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia collections)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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