Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spelling: Pecten (Cryptopecten)
Parent taxon: Chlamydinae according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Ladd and Hoffmeister 1945, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Aequipecten, Crassadoma, Hilberia, Patriciapecten, Psychrochlamys, Semipallium, Taimyronectes, Janopecten, Subulatachlamys
Subtaxa: Cryptopecten alli Cryptopecten nux Cryptopecten phrygium Cryptopecten vesiculosus
Type: Cryptopecten alli
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (2), Indonesia (2), Japan (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Fiji (1), Japan (1), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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