Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264
Belongs to Pecten (Plagioctenium) according to R. Arnold 1906
Sister taxa: Argopecten abietis, Argopecten aequisulcatus, Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten antonitaensis, Argopecten callidus, Argopecten crassiradiatus, Argopecten cristobalensis, Argopecten daideleus, Argopecten demiurgus, Argopecten deserti, Argopecten diminutivus, Argopecten eboreus yorkensis, Argopecten eccentricus, Argopecten ericellus, Argopecten evermanni, Argopecten gibbus, Argopecten gilbertharrisi, Argopecten gratus, Argopecten hakei, Argopecten inaequalis, Argopecten insuetus, Argopecten invalidus, Argopecten irradians, Argopecten levicostatus, Argopecten mendenhalli, Argopecten nerterus, Argopecten parathetidis, Argopecten percarus, Argopecten purpuratus, Argopecten revellei, Argopecten subdolus, Argopecten sverdrupi, Argopecten thetidis, Argopecten uselmae, Argopecten venezualanus, Argopecten ventricosus, Argopecten woodringi, Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei, Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae, Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti, Haumea inaequivalvis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Neah Bay, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Washington
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Neah Bay
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