Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Nodipecten denaius

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)

Belongs to Lyropecten according to J. T. Smith 1991

See also Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Chlamys (Lyropecten) duncanensis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) ernestsmithi, Chlamys (Lyropecten) menthifontis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) planicosta, Lyropecten catalinae, Lyropecten cerrosensis, Lyropecten condylomatus, Lyropecten crassicardo, 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: USNM 647126, a shell. Its type locality is Location 52, Gatun Lake area [Caimito Fm], which is in an Oligocene marine marl/sandstone in the Caimito Formation of Panama.

Distribution: found only at Location 52, Gatun Lake area [Caimito Fm]

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