Cryptopecten Dall et al. 1938 (scallop)

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

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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

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