Delectopecten harfordus Davis 1913 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Camptonectes) harfordus

Full reference: C. H. Davis. 1913. New Species from the Santa Lucia Mountains, California, with a discussion of the Jurassic age of the slates at Slate's Springs. Journal of Geology 21(5):453-458

Belongs to Delectopecten according to E. J. Moore 1984

See also Davis 1913

Sister taxa: Delectopecten alternilineatus, Delectopecten crassistriatus, Delectopecten lillisi, Delectopecten maddreni, Delectopecten musorstomi, Delectopecten neuquenensis, Delectopecten peckhami, Delectopecten pedroanus, Delectopecten randolphi, Delectopecten terryi, Delectopecten vancouverensis, Delectopecten vitreus, Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum

Type specimen: CAS 406, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Delectopecten harfordus in the database

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