Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Argopecten) invalida, Pecten (Aequipecten) deserti invalidus, Pecten (Plagioctenium) invalidus, Pecten invalidus
Synonym: Pecten (Plagioctenium) cooperi Arnold 1906 [replaced name]
Full reference: G. D. Hanna. 1924. Rectifications of nomenclature. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 13(10):151-186
Belongs to Argopecten according to R. L. Squires et al. 2006
See also Arnold 1906, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hanna 1924, Jordan and Hertlein 1926 and Moore 1984
Sister taxa: Argopecten abietis, Argopecten aequisulcatus, Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten antonitaensis, Argopecten callidus, Argopecten crassiradiatus, Argopecten cristobalensis, Argopecten daideleus, Argopecten demiurgus, Argopecten deserti, Argopecten diminutivus, Argopecten eboreus yorkensis, Argopecten eccentricus, Argopecten ericellus, Argopecten evermanni, Argopecten gibbus, Argopecten gilbertharrisi, Argopecten gratus, Argopecten hakei, Argopecten inaequalis, Argopecten insuetus, 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) diprosopa, Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi, Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis, Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti
Type specimens:
- Argopecten invalidus: CAS 8, a shell
- Pecten (Plagioctenium) cooperi: Its type locality is Tourmaline Road, south, which is in a Pliocene coastal siltstone in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (14: California collections)
• Pliocene of Mexico (3), United States (33: California)
Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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