†Placopecten virginiana Conrad 1840 (scallop)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Placopecten) virginiana, Chlamys (Placopecten) virginianum, Pecten (Chlamys) virginianus, Pecten (Placopecten) virginianus, Pecten virginianus
Belongs to Placopecten according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1943
Sister taxa: Placopecten clintonius, Placopecten magellanicus, Placopecten marylandica, Placopecten princepoides
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at James T. Thomas estate (Miocene of Maryland)
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