Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten gordus
Belongs to Pecten (Pecten) according to M. C. Perrilliat 1992
Sister taxa: Pecten (Pecten) albicans, Pecten (Pecten) aletes, Pecten (Pecten) beringianus, Pecten (Pecten) byoritsuensis, Pecten (Pecten) dentatus, Pecten (Pecten) gedinganensis, Pecten (Pecten) illesca, Pecten (Pecten) javanus, Pecten (Pecten) lecontei, Pecten (Pecten) mexicanus, Pecten (Pecten) perplanus, Pecten (Pecten) poulsoni, Pecten (Pecten) pyxidatus, Pecten (Pecten) slevini, Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki, Pecten (Pecten) ventonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Punta Gorda [Esmeraldas Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone/sandstone in the Esmeraldas Formation of Ecuador
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2 collections)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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