Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264
Belongs to Pecten (Pecten) according to R. Arnold 1906
Sister taxa: Pecten (Pecten) albicans, Pecten (Pecten) aletes, Pecten (Pecten) beringianus, Pecten (Pecten) byoritsuensis, Pecten (Pecten) dentatus, Pecten (Pecten) excavatus, Pecten (Pecten) gedinganensis, Pecten (Pecten) gordus, Pecten (Pecten) illesca, Pecten (Pecten) javanus, Pecten (Pecten) keepi, Pecten (Pecten) lecontei, Pecten (Pecten) mexicanus, Pecten (Pecten) perplanus, Pecten (Pecten) poulsoni, Pecten (Pecten) pyxidatus, Pecten (Pecten) slevini, Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki, Pecten (Pecten) ventonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Garnet Canyon, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (3 collections)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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