Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Argopecten) ericellus, Pecten (Plagioctenium) ericellus
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1929. A new Pecten from the San Diego Pliocene. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 18(5):215
Belongs to Argopecten according to E. J. Moore 1984
See also Hertlein 1929
Sister taxa: Argopecten abietis, Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten antonitaensis, Argopecten callidus, Argopecten crassiradiatus, Argopecten cristobalensis, Argopecten daideleus, Argopecten demiurgus, Argopecten deserti, Argopecten diminutivus, Argopecten eboreus yorkensis, Argopecten eccentricus, Argopecten evermanni, Argopecten gibbus, Argopecten gilbertharrisi, Argopecten gratus, Argopecten hakei, Argopecten inaequalis, Argopecten insuetus, Argopecten invalidus, Argopecten irradians, Argopecten levicostatus, Argopecten mendenhalli, Argopecten nerterus, Argopecten parathetidis, Argopecten percarus, Argopecten purpuratus, Argopecten revellei, Argopecten subdolus, Argopecten sverdrupi, Argopecten thetidis, Argopecten uselmae, Argopecten venezualanus, Argopecten ventricosus, Argopecten woodringi, Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica, Haumea inaequivalvis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae, Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli, Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa, Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis
Type specimen: CAS 2998, a shell. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1132 - Pacific Beach, which is in a Piacenzian marine horizon in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 1132 - Pacific Beach
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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