Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Pecten (Chlamys) porterensis, Pecten (Vertipecten) porterensis, Pecten porterensis
Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1912. A preliminary report on the Tertiary paleontology of western Washington. Washington Geological Survey Bulletin 15:1-80
Belongs to Vertipecten according to W. O. Addicott 1974
See also Clark 1925, Durham 1944, Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Weaver 1912
Sister taxa: Pecten (Vertipecten) rhytidus, Pecten (Vertipecten) ynezianus, Vertipecten alexclarki, Vertipecten bowersi, Vertipecten fucanus, Vertipecten kernensis, Vertipecten lachenbruchi, Vertipecten perrini, Vertipecten popofensis, Vertipecten yneziana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oakville, west, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in Washington
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (2: Washington)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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