Pacipecten bilineatus Clark 1915 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Plagioctenium) bilineatus

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1915. Fauna of the San Pablo group of middle California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(22):385-572

Belongs to Pacipecten according to E. J. Moore 1984

See also Clark 1915 and 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 linki, Pacipecten pabloensis, Pacipecten weaveri, Pacipecten discus, Pacipecten tolmani

Type specimen: UCMP 11579, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pacipecten bilineatus in the database

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