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]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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