Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: T. R. Waller. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology (381)1-198
Parent taxon: Aequipectinini according to T. R. Waller 2011
Sister taxa: Lindapecten, Zamorapecten
Subtaxa: Chagrepecten cactaceus Chagrepecten dallasi Chagrepecten paracactaceus
Type: Pecten (Chlamys) cactaceus
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections), Mexico (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (1), Panama (4)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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