Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Aequipecten) operculiformis

Belongs to Pecten (Plagioctenium) according to A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry 1911

Sister taxa: Argopecten abietis, Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten antonitaensis, Argopecten callidus, Argopecten crassiradiatus, Argopecten cristobalensis, Argopecten daideleus, Argopecten demiurgus, Argopecten deserti, Argopecten diminutivus, Argopecten eboreus yorkensis, Argopecten eccentricus, Argopecten ericellus, Argopecten evermanni, Argopecten gibbus, Argopecten gilbertharrisi, Argopecten gratus, Argopecten hakei, Argopecten inaequalis, Argopecten insuetus, Argopecten invalidus, Argopecten irradians, Argopecten levicostatus, Argopecten mendenhalli, Argopecten nerterus, Argopecten parathetidis, Argopecten percarus, Argopecten purpuratus, Argopecten revellei, Argopecten subdolus, Argopecten sverdrupi, Argopecten thetidis, Argopecten uselmae, Argopecten venezualanus, Argopecten ventricosus, Argopecten woodringi, Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica, Haumea inaequivalvis, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti, Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa, Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 1659, East branch of Hulen (=Huling) Creek (Cretaceous of California)

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