†Pecten (Propeamusium) clallamensis Arnold 1906 (scallop)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264
Belongs to Pecten (Propeamusium) according to R. Arnold 1906
See also Durham 1944
Sister taxon: Pecten (Propeamusium) waylandi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pillar Point, west, which is in a Chattian marine siltstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (6: Washington collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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