Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys pittieri, Gigantopecten pittieri, Pecten (Lyropecten) pittieri
Belongs to Lyropecten according to P. H. De Buisonjé 1974
See also Cooke 1919, Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Mongin 1968
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Lyropecten) duncanensis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) ernestsmithi, Chlamys (Lyropecten) menthifontis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) planicosta, Lyropecten catalinae, Lyropecten cerrosensis, Lyropecten condylomatus, Lyropecten crassicardo, Lyropecten denaius, Lyropecten dumblei, Lyropecten gallegosi, Lyropecten laekeniensis, Lyropecten miguelensis, Lyropecten modulatus, Lyropecten pretiosus, Lyropecten septemplicatus, Lyropecten tamiamiensis, Lyropecten terminus, Lyropecten tiburonensis, Lyropecten vaughani
Type specimen: USNM 214368, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Florida collections)
• Miocene of Cuba (2), Haiti (3)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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