Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Lyropecten) vaughani

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, 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 miguelensis, Lyropecten modulatus, Lyropecten pittieri, Lyropecten pretiosus, Lyropecten septemplicatus, Lyropecten tamiamiensis, Lyropecten terminus, Lyropecten tiburonensis

Subtaxa: Pecten (Lyropecten) vaughani emigdioensis

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Type specimen: Its type locality is Ojai Valley, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California

Distribution: found only at Ojai Valley

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