Argopecten revellei Durham 1950 (calico scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Aequipecten revellei, Chlamys (Argopecten) revellei, Chlamys revellei

Belongs to Argopecten according to E. J. Moore 1984

See also Hertlein 1966

Sister taxa: Argopecten abietis, 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 invalidus, Argopecten irradians, Argopecten levicostatus, Argopecten mendenhalli, Argopecten nerterus, Argopecten parathetidis, Argopecten percarus, Argopecten purpuratus, Argopecten subdolus, Argopecten sverdrupi, Argopecten thetidis, Argopecten uselmae, Argopecten venezualanus, Argopecten ventricosus, Argopecten woodringi, Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica, Haumea inaequivalvis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa, Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei, Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli, Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis

Type specimen: UCMP 15510, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Infierno Fm., Loc.128,1209 (Pliocene of Mexico)

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