Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
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 Antillipecten according to T. R. Waller 2011
Sister taxa: Antillipecten alumensis, Antillipecten anguillensis, Antillipecten antillarum, Antillipecten cercadicus, Antillipecten flintensis, Antillipecten guanicus, Antillipecten microlineatus, Antillipecten quemadosensis, Antillipecten reynali, Antillipecten vaun, Antillipecten willobianus
Type specimen: USNM 541015, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at NMB Loc. 16844 - Río Cano [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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