Pecten (Propeamusium) clallamensis Arnold 1906 (scallop)

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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