Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Pecten (Plagioctenium) eccentricus, Pecten eccentricus, Pecten excentricus
Belongs to Argopecten according to T. R. Waller 2011
See also Maury 1917
Sister taxa: Argopecten abietis, Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten antonitaensis, Argopecten callidus, Argopecten crassiradiatus, Argopecten cristobalensis, Argopecten daideleus, Argopecten demiurgus, Argopecten deserti, Argopecten diminutivus, Argopecten eboreus yorkensis, Argopecten ericellus, Argopecten evermanni, Argopecten gibbus, Argopecten gilbertharrisi, Argopecten gratus, Argopecten hakei, Argopecten inaequalis, Argopecten insuetus, Argopecten invalidus, Argopecten irradians, Argopecten levicostatus, Argopecten mendenhalli, Argopecten nerterus, Argopecten parathetidis, Argopecten percarus, Argopecten purpuratus, Argopecten revellei, Argopecten subdolus, Argopecten sverdrupi, Argopecten thetidis, Argopecten uselmae, Argopecten venezualanus, Argopecten ventricosus, Argopecten woodringi, Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica, Haumea inaequivalvis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti, Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae, Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli, Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa
Subtaxa: Argopecten eccentricus caimiticus Argopecten eccentricus lacabrensis
Type specimen: ANSP 2854, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (7 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (75)
Total: 85 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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