Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten guanicus
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1920. Tertiary Mollusca from Porto Rico. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 3(1):1-78
Belongs to Antillipecten according to T. R. Waller 2011
Sister taxa: Antillipecten alumensis, Antillipecten anguillensis, Antillipecten antillarum, Antillipecten cercadicus, Antillipecten flintensis, Antillipecten janicoensis, Antillipecten microlineatus, Antillipecten quemadosensis, Antillipecten reynali, Antillipecten vaun, Antillipecten willobianus
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sta. 369 - Guanica Harbor [Collazo Shale] (Oligocene of Puerto Rico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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