Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Lyropecten estrellanus, Pallium estrellanum, Pecten (Lyropecten) estrellanum, Pecten (Lyropecten) estrellanus, Pecten estrellanus
Synonyms: Lyropecten volaeformis Conrad 1842, Pecten heermanni Conrad 1855
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327
Belongs to Nodipecten according to T. R. Waller 2007
See also Adegoke 1969, Arnold 1906, Conrad 1855, Conrad 1856, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Moore 1984, Perrilliat 1994 and Smith 1991
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Nodipecten) caloosaensis, Nodipecten arnoldi, Nodipecten arthriticus, Nodipecten articulosus, Nodipecten atlanticola, Nodipecten colinensis, Nodipecten macloskeyi, Nodipecten magnificus, Nodipecten nodosus, Nodipecten subnodosus, Nodipecten veatchii, Nodipecten veracruzensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (5: California collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (17: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
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