Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten tolmani
Full reference: E. B. Hall and A. W. Ambrose. 1916. Descriptions of new species from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the Tesla, Pleasanton, San Jose, and Mt. Hamilton Quadrangles, California. The Nautilus 30(6):68-82
Belongs to Pacipecten according to E. J. Moore 1984
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931
Sister taxa: Leptopecten (Leptopecten), Leptopecten auroraensis, Leptopecten bavayi, Leptopecten camerella, Leptopecten ecnomius, Leptopecten latiauratus, Leptopecten olgensis, Leptopecten thompsoni, Leptopecten tumbezensis, Pacipecten andersoni, Pacipecten discus, Pacipecten weaveri, Pacipecten pabloensis, Pacipecten bilineatus, Pacipecten linki
Type specimen: CAS 23, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pacipecten tolmani in the database
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