Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) colpotus Woodring 1982 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)

Belongs to Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Oppenheimopecten coalingaensis, Oppenheimopecten hartmanni, Oppenheimopecten juanensis, Oppenheimopecten sanctaecruzensis, Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) cataractes, Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) chazaliei, Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) cristatocostatus, Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) josslingi, Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) reliquus, Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) turtoni, Philippia (Oppenheimopecten) subbenedictus

Type specimen: USNM 646978, a shell. Its type locality is Woodring Loc. 82 - Madden Basin [lower Alhajuela Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Alhajuela Formation of Panama.

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Woodring Loc. 82 - Madden Basin [lower Alhajuela Fm]

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