Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten (Plagioctenium) callidus
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1925. Pectens from the Tertiary of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(1):1-35
Belongs to Argopecten according to E. J. Moore 1984
See also Hertlein 1925 and Jordan and Hertlein 1926
Sister taxa: Argopecten abietis, Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten antonitaensis, 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) operculiformis, Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi
Type specimen: LSJU (no number), a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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