Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1932. Fauna of the Poul and Yakataga Formations (Upper Oligocene) of Southern Alaska. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 43:797-846
Belongs to Pecten (Patinopecten) according to B. L. Clark 1932
Sister taxa: Patinopecten (Lituyapecten), Patinopecten (Patinopecten), Patinopecten bosei, Patinopecten brummeli, Patinopecten calaverasensis, Patinopecten caurinus, Patinopecten haywardensis, Patinopecten healeyi, Patinopecten lohri, Patinopecten propatulus, Pecten (Patinopecten) duplex
Type specimen: UCMP 30381, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3859, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Yakataga Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Alaska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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