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
Belongs to Lindapecten according to T. R. Waller 2011
Sister taxa: Lindapecten acanikos, Lindapecten baitoanensis, Lindapecten buchivacoanus, Lindapecten chipolanus, Lindapecten muscosus, Lindapecten plurinominis
Type specimen: USNM 540990, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (6)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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