Chesapecten sayanus Dall 1898 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten madisonius sayanus

Belongs to Chesapecten according to L. W. Ward 1998

Sister taxa: Chesapecten (Chesapecten), Chesapecten (Christinapecten), Chesapecten coccymelus, Chesapecten jeffersonius, Chesapecten madisonius, Chesapecten middlesexensis, Chesapecten patagonensis, Chesapecten santamaria, Chesapecten skiptonensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pollack Farm Site (Miocene of Delaware)

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