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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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