Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Aequipecten purpuratus, Pecten (Aequipecten) purpuratus, Pecten (Plagioctenium) purpuratus, Pecten purpuratus
Belongs to Argopecten according to A. M. Keen 1971
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hertlein 1925, Jordan and Hertlein 1926 and Winterer and Durham 1962
Sister taxa: Argopecten abietis, Argopecten aequisulcatus, Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten antonitaensis, Argopecten callidus, Argopecten crassiradiatus, Argopecten cristobalensis, Argopecten daideleus, Argopecten demiurgus, Argopecten deserti, Argopecten diminutivus, Argopecten eboreus yorkensis, Argopecten eccentricus, Argopecten ericellus, Argopecten evermanni, Argopecten gibbus, Argopecten gilbertharrisi, Argopecten gratus, Argopecten hakei, Argopecten inaequalis, Argopecten insuetus, Argopecten invalidus, Argopecten irradians, Argopecten levicostatus, Argopecten mendenhalli, Argopecten nerterus, Argopecten parathetidis, Argopecten percarus, Argopecten revellei, Argopecten subdolus, Argopecten sverdrupi, Argopecten thetidis, Argopecten uselmae, Argopecten venezualanus, Argopecten ventricosus, Argopecten woodringi, Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa, Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei, Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis, Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi, Haumea inaequivalvis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (8 collections), Peru (8)
• Pliocene of Chile (3), Mexico (1), United States (8: California)
Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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