Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten (Lyropecten) pretiosus
Synonyms: Lyropecten submiguelensis Loel and Corey 1932, Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis Loel and Corey 1932
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1925. Pectens from the Tertiary of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(1):1-35
Belongs to Lyropecten according to J. T. Smith 1991
See also Hertlein 1925, Hertlein and Jordan 1927, Loel and Corey 1932 and Moore 1984
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Lyropecten) duncanensis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) ernestsmithi, Chlamys (Lyropecten) menthifontis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) planicosta, Lyropecten catalinae, Lyropecten cerrosensis, Lyropecten condylomatus, Lyropecten crassicardo, Lyropecten denaius, Lyropecten dumblei, Lyropecten gallegosi, Lyropecten laekeniensis, Lyropecten miguelensis, Lyropecten modulatus, Lyropecten pittieri, Lyropecten septemplicatus, Lyropecten tamiamiensis, Lyropecten terminus, Lyropecten tiburonensis, Lyropecten vaughani
Type specimens:
- Lyropecten pretiosus: LSJU (no number), a shell
- Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis: UCMP 31737.
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (3 collections), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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