Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten (Lyropecten) tamiamiensis
Belongs to Lyropecten according to P. H. De Buisonjé 1974
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 pittieri, Lyropecten pretiosus, Lyropecten septemplicatus, Lyropecten terminus, Lyropecten tiburonensis, Lyropecten vaughani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Station 1/1178, Tamiami Trail, Caloosahatchee Fm., Collier County, FL, which is in a Pleistocene marine limestone in the Caloosahatchee Formation of Florida
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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