Lindapecten plurinominis Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Aequipecten plurinominis, Chlamys plurinominis, Pecten plurinominis

Synonyms: Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus falconensis Hodson and Hodson 1927, Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis Hodson and Hodson 1927, Pecten (Chlamys) falconensis Hodson and Hodson 1927, Pecten (Chlamys) maracaibensis Hodson and Hodson 1927

Belongs to Lindapecten according to T. R. Waller 2011

See also Mongin 1968 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Lindapecten acanikos, Lindapecten baitoanensis, Lindapecten buchivacoanus, Lindapecten chipolanus, Lindapecten muscosus, Lindapecten paramuscosus

Type specimens:

  • Lindapecten plurinominis: ANSP 3236, a shell
  • Pecten (Chlamys) falconensis:
  • Pecten (Chlamys) maracaibensis:

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6 collections), Jamaica (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (26), Haiti (3), Panama (7), Venezuela (5)

Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence

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