Patinopecten healeyi Arnold 1906 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Patinopecten) healeyi

Invalid subtaxa: Pecten (Patinopecten) expansus Dall 1879 [replaced name], Pecten expansus Dall 1879 [replaced name]

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264

Belongs to Patinopecten according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Arnold 1903, Arnold 1906, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Moore 1984 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (15: California collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (6: California)

• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (16: California)

• Miocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence

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