Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten cottaldinus
Synonyms: Pecten (Syncyclonema) cottaldinus Orbigny 1871, Pecten cottaldi Orbigny 1933, Pecten roemeri Weerth 1884
Belongs to Camptonectes (Camptonectes) according to A. V. Dhondt 1972
Sister taxa: Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus, Camptonectes (Camptonectes) gaultinus, Camptonectes (Camptonectes) laminatus, Camptonectes (Camptonectes) rigidus, Camptonectes (Camptonectes) striatopunctatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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