Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Full reference: T. R. Waller. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology (381)1-198
Belongs to Cyclopecten according to T. R. Waller 2011
Sister taxa: Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys), Cyclopecten almirantensis, Cyclopecten aupouria, Cyclopecten cocosensis, Cyclopecten compitum, Cyclopecten defuniak, Cyclopecten diktuotus, Cyclopecten duplicatus, Cyclopecten fenestratus, Cyclopecten guppyi, Cyclopecten horridus, Cyclopecten hoskynsi, Cyclopecten incongruus, Cyclopecten kapalae, Cyclopecten lompicoensis, Cyclopecten martinezensis, Cyclopecten nanus, Cyclopecten oligolepis, Cyclopecten pernomus, Cyclopecten powelli, Cyclopecten pustulosus, Cyclopecten thalassinus, Cyclopecten zalaya, Pecten (Cyclopecten) rotundatus
Type specimen: NMB G17491, a partial shell. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 15829, Rio Gurabo, which is in a Zanclean offshore siltstone in the Mao Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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