Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283
Belongs to Leptopecten according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Leptopecten (Leptopecten), Leptopecten bavayi, Leptopecten camerella, Leptopecten ecnomius, Leptopecten latiauratus, Leptopecten olgensis, Leptopecten thompsoni, Leptopecten tumbezensis, Pecten (Leptopecten) praevalidus, Pacipecten weaveri, Pacipecten pabloensis, Pacipecten tolmani, Pacipecten andersoni, Pacipecten discus, Pacipecten bilineatus, Pacipecten linki
Type specimen: USNM 203898
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: North Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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