Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten (Lyropecten) estrellanus catalinae
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264
Belongs to Lyropecten according to J. T. Smith 1991
See also Arnold 1906 and Moore 1984
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Lyropecten) duncanensis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) ernestsmithi, Chlamys (Lyropecten) menthifontis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) planicosta, Lyropecten cerrosensis, Lyropecten condylomatus, Lyropecten crassicardo, Lyropecten denaius, Lyropecten dumblei, Lyropecten gallegosi, Lyropecten laekeniensis, Lyropecten miguelensis, Lyropecten modulatus, Lyropecten pittieri, Lyropecten pretiosus, Lyropecten septemplicatus, Lyropecten tamiamiensis, Lyropecten terminus, Lyropecten tiburonensis, Lyropecten vaughani
Type specimen: LSJU 30, a valve (a right valve of a young adult)
Distribution: found only at SDSNH Loc. 209, Elsmere Canyon (Pliocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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