Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spelling: Patinopecten (Mizuhopecten)
Parent taxon: Fortipectinini according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also MacNeil 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Fortipectinina, Patinopecten, Patinopectinina
Subtaxa: Mizuhopecten kimurai Mizuhopecten kitamiensis Mizuhopecten matumoriensis Mizuhopecten nakatombetsuensis Mizuhopecten paraplebejus Mizuhopecten warreni Mizuhopecten yessoensis Patinopecten (Mizuhopecten) skonunensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (3 collections)
• Pliocene of Japan (10), the Russian Federation (2)
• Miocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (27), the Russian Federation (7), United States (3: Alaska)
Total: 53 collections including 64 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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