Leptopecten auroraensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283

Belongs to Leptopecten according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: Leptopecten (Leptopecten), Leptopecten bavayi, Leptopecten camerella, Leptopecten ecnomius, Leptopecten latiauratus, Leptopecten olgensis, Leptopecten thompsoni, Leptopecten tumbezensis, Pecten (Leptopecten) praevalidus, Pacipecten tolmani, Pacipecten linki, Pacipecten bilineatus, Pacipecten discus, Pacipecten andersoni, Pacipecten weaveri, Pacipecten pabloensis

Type specimen: USNM 203898

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: North Carolina collections)

• Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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