Leopecten stearnsii Dall 1878 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Chlamys stearnsi, Flabellipecten stearnsii, Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii, Pecten stearnsi, Pecten stearnsii

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

See also Arnold 1903, Arnold 1906, Hall 2002, Jordan and Hertlein 1926, Moore 1984, Muhs et al. 2002, Woodring et al. 1946 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950

Sister taxa: Leopecten bakeri, Leopecten diegensis, Leopecten gatunensis, Leopecten marquerensis, Leopecten stillmani

Type specimen: USNM 7942, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (9: California, Hawaii collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (4: California)

• Pliocene of Mexico (5), United States (3: California)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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