Chesapecten (Christinapecten) Ward 1992 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative spelling: Christinapecten

Full reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Parent taxon: Chesapecten according to L. W. Ward 1992

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Chesapecten (Chesapecten), Chesapecten coccymelus, Chesapecten jeffersonius, Chesapecten madisonius, Chesapecten middlesexensis, Chesapecten patagonensis, Chesapecten santamaria, Chesapecten sayanus, Chesapecten skiptonensis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pincrest Member, Tamiami Formation (unspecified localities) (Pliocene of Florida)

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