Mirapecten mirificus Reeve 1853 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Pecten (Mirapecten) mirificus, Pecten mirificus

Synonym: Mirapecten thaanumi Dall et al. 1938

Belongs to Mirapecten according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006

See also Dijkstra and Kilburn 2001 and Ladd and Hoffmeister 1945

Sister taxa: Mirapecten cranmerorum, Mirapecten moluccensis, Mirapecten rastellum, Mirapecten tuberosus

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Station L445 [Futuna Limestone] (Miocene of Fiji)

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