Patinopecten bosei Hanna and Hertlein 1927 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Pecten) bosei

Belongs to Patinopecten according to S. A. Quiroz-Barroso and M.C. Perrilliat 1989

See also Moore 1984 and Powell 2008

Sister taxa: Patinopecten (Lituyapecten), Patinopecten (Patinopecten), Patinopecten brummeli, Patinopecten calaverasensis, Patinopecten caurinus, Patinopecten haywardensis, Patinopecten healeyi, Patinopecten lohri, Patinopecten propatulus, Pecten (Patinopecten) duplex, Pecten (Patinopecten) yakatagensis

Type specimen: CAS 2215, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at A 3536 - Puerto de la Lancha, Carmen Island (Pliocene of Mexico)

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