Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spellings: Pecten (Mirapecten), Semipallium (Mirapecten)
Synonym: Somalipecten Waller 1986
Parent taxon: Pectinidae according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
See also Dijkstra and Kilburn 2001, Ladd and Hoffmeister 1945, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agerchlamys, Altaipecten, Amusium, Amussiopecten, Antipecten, Argopecten, Athlopecten, Avichlamys, Batequeus, Bractechlamys, Camptonectes, Camptonectinae, Canadonectites, Chesapecten, Chlamydinae, Chlamys, Complicachlamys, Coralichlamys, Costamussium, Costellamussiopecten, Crenamussium, Cristatopecten, Decadopecten, Decatopecten, Dimarzipecten, Eopecten, Euvola, Excellichlamys, Flabellipecten, Flexopecten, Fortipecten, Gigantopecten, Giraliapecten, Granulochlamys, Hinnites, Hunanonectes, Indopecten, Iranopecten, Janupecten, Jorgechlamys, Korobkovia, Kotorapecten, Leopecten, Lepidopecten, Leptopecten, Lituyapecten, Loxochlamys, Lyriochlamys, Lyropecten, Lyssochlamys, Macrochlamis, Manupecten, Mclearniinae, Merklinia, Micronectes, Minnivola, Nanaochlamys, Neithella, Nevadapecten, Nippononectes, Nodipecten, Ochotochlamys, Palliolinae, Pascahinnites, Pecten (Syncyclonema), Pectininae, Pedinae, Periclaraia, Philippia, Placopecten, Pleuronectites, Praechlamys, Prohinnites, Pseudopecten, Pseudopectininae, Radiopecten, Radulonectites, Radulopecten, Rebeccapecten, Sectipecten, Serratovola, Spathochlamys, Spondylopecten, Stralopecten, Tosapecten, Ventalium, Vertipecten, Volachlamys, Weylinae, Yabepecten
Subtaxa: Mirapecten cranmerorum Mirapecten mirificus Mirapecten moluccensis Mirapecten rastellum Mirapecten tuberosus
Type: Pecten mirificus
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Station L445 [Futuna Limestone] (Miocene of Fiji)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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