Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spellings: Chlamys (Placopecten), Pecten (Placopecten)
Parent taxon: Pectinidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Gardner 1943, Hassan 1953, Sepkoski 2002 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Agerchlamys, Altaipecten, Amusium, Amussiopecten, Antipecten, Argopecten, Athlopecten, Avichlamys, Batequeus, Bractechlamys, Camptonectes, Camptonectinae, Canadonectites, Chesapecten, Chlamydinae, Chlamys, Complicachlamys, Coralichlamys, Costamussium, Costellamussiopecten, Crenamussium, Cristatopecten, Decadopecten, Decatopecten, Dimarzipecten, Eopecten, Euvola, Excellichlamys, Flabellipecten, Flexopecten, Fortipecten, Gigantopecten, Giraliapecten, Granulochlamys, Hinnites, Hunanonectes, Indopecten, Iranopecten, Janupecten, Jorgechlamys, Korobkovia, Kotorapecten, Leopecten, Lepidopecten, Leptopecten, Lituyapecten, Loxochlamys, Lyriochlamys, Lyropecten, Lyssochlamys, Macrochlamis, Manupecten, Mclearniinae, Merklinia, Micronectes, Minnivola, Mirapecten, Nanaochlamys, Neithella, Nevadapecten, Nippononectes, Nodipecten, Ochotochlamys, Palliolinae, Pascahinnites, Pectininae, Pedinae, Periclaraia, Philippia, Pleuronectites, Praechlamys, Prohinnites, Pseudopecten, Pseudopectininae, Radiopecten, Radulonectites, Radulopecten, Rebeccapecten, Sectipecten, Serratovola, Spathochlamys, Spondylopecten, Stralopecten, Tosapecten, Ventalium, Vertipecten, Volachlamys, Weylinae, Yabepecten
Subtaxa: Placopecten clintonius Placopecten magellanicus Placopecten marylandica Placopecten princepoides Placopecten virginiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: New Brunswick collection), United States (6: Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), United States (9: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Greenland (3), Japan (3), United States (6: Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Virginia)
• Eocene of United States (4: North Carolina, South Carolina)
Total: 34 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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