Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: E. K. Jordan and L. G. Hertlein. 1926. Expedition to the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, in 1925, VII. Contribution to the geology and paleontology of the Tertiary of Cedros Island and adjacent parts of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 15(14):409-464
Belongs to Pecten (Leptopecten) according to E. K. Jordan and L. G. Hertlein 1926
See also Hall 2002 and Moore 1984
Sister taxa: Leptopecten (Leptopecten), Leptopecten auroraensis, Leptopecten bavayi, Leptopecten camerella, Leptopecten ecnomius, Leptopecten latiauratus, Leptopecten olgensis, Leptopecten thompsoni, Leptopecten tumbezensis, Pacipecten linki, Pacipecten pabloensis, Pacipecten bilineatus, Pacipecten weaveri, Pacipecten tolmani, Pacipecten andersoni, Pacipecten discus
Type specimen: CAS 2101, a shell. Its type locality is C.A.S. Loc. 945, Turtle Bay, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in Mexico.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at C.A.S. Loc. 945, Turtle Bay
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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