Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare, M. T. Sturgeon, and E.A. Kindt. 1978. New Pennsylvanian bivalves and occurrences of Pseudoconocardium from Ohio and West Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 52(5):1023-1036
Belongs to Acanthopecten according to R. D. Hoare et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Acanthopecten anshunensis, Acanthopecten carboniferous, Acanthopecten carboniferus, Acanthopecten coloradoensis, Acanthopecten delawarensis, Acanthopecten equicostatus, Acanthopecten gaoanensis, Acanthopecten giganteus, Acanthopecten jaguelensis, Acanthopecten josephinae, Acanthopecten licharewi, Acanthopecten meeki, Acanthopecten onukii, Acanthopecten shenshuensis, Acanthopecten spinosus, Acanthopecten subgiganteus, Acanthopecten xizangensis, Acanthopecten ziphocostatus
Type specimen: OSU 27284, a shell (left valve). Its type locality is Hfg-6. Abandoned clay strip mine, Logan Clay Products Co., which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale in the Allegheny Formation of Ohio.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hfg-6. Abandoned clay strip mine, Logan Clay Products Co.
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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