Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Synonym: Pecten aurantiacus Adams and Reeve 1850 [replaced name]

Belongs to Anguipecten according to H. H. Dijkstra and R. N. Kilburn 2001

Sister taxa: Anguipecten gregoryi, Anguipecten lamberti

Type specimens:

• Anguipecten picturatus: BMNH 1950.11.14.8, a shell
• Pecten aurantiacus:

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Anguipecten picturatus in the database

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