Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Alternative combination: Pecten (Pseudamussium) almirantensis
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Cyclopecten according to T. R. Waller 2011
See also Hendy et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys), Cyclopecten acuminatus, Cyclopecten aupouria, Cyclopecten cocosensis, Cyclopecten compitum, Cyclopecten defuniak, Cyclopecten diktuotus, Cyclopecten duplicatus, Cyclopecten fenestratus, Cyclopecten guppyi, Cyclopecten horridus, Cyclopecten hoskynsi, Cyclopecten incongruus, Cyclopecten kapalae, Cyclopecten lompicoensis, Cyclopecten martinezensis, Cyclopecten nanus, Cyclopecten oligolepis, Cyclopecten pernomus, Cyclopecten powelli, Cyclopecten pustulosus, Cyclopecten thalassinus, Cyclopecten zalaya, Pecten (Cyclopecten) rotundatus
Type specimen: PRI 21160, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cyclopecten almirantensis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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