Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Delectopecten) vitrea, Cyclopecten (Delectopecten) vitreus, Ostrea vitrea, Palliolum vitreum, Pecten vitreus
Synonyms: Chlamys chaperi Dautzenberg and Fischer 1897, Pecten abyssorum Sars 1878
Belongs to Delectopecten according to H. H. Dijkstra and R. N. Kilburn 2001
See also Rombouts 1991
Sister taxa: Delectopecten alternilineatus, Delectopecten crassistriatus, Delectopecten harfordus, Delectopecten lillisi, Delectopecten maddreni, Delectopecten musorstomi, Delectopecten neuquenensis, Delectopecten peckhami, Delectopecten pedroanus, Delectopecten randolphi, Delectopecten terryi, Delectopecten vancouverensis, Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Kattendijk Fm (unspecified) (Pliocene of Belgium)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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