Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264
Belongs to Lyropecten according to J. T. Smith 1991
See also Arnold 1906, Hertlein 1928, Loel and Corey 1932 and Moore 1984
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Lyropecten) duncanensis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) ernestsmithi, Chlamys (Lyropecten) menthifontis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) planicosta, Lyropecten catalinae, Lyropecten cerrosensis, Lyropecten condylomatus, Lyropecten crassicardo, Lyropecten denaius, Lyropecten dumblei, Lyropecten gallegosi, Lyropecten laekeniensis, Lyropecten modulatus, Lyropecten pittieri, Lyropecten pretiosus, Lyropecten septemplicatus, Lyropecten tamiamiensis, Lyropecten terminus, Lyropecten tiburonensis, Lyropecten vaughani
Type specimen: UCMP 12079, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (11: California)
• Arikareean of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of United States (18: California)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
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