Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Aequipecten andersoni, Pecten (Aequipecten) andersoni, Pecten (Pecten) andersoni, Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni, Pecten andersoni
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264
Belongs to Pacipecten according to E. J. Moore 1984
See also Adegoke 1969, Arnold 1906 and Trask 1922
Sister taxa: Leptopecten (Leptopecten), Leptopecten auroraensis, Leptopecten bavayi, Leptopecten camerella, Leptopecten ecnomius, Leptopecten latiauratus, Leptopecten olgensis, Leptopecten thompsoni, Leptopecten tumbezensis, Pecten (Leptopecten) praevalidus, Pacipecten linki, Pacipecten discus, Pacipecten bilineatus, Pacipecten weaveri, Pacipecten pabloensis, Pacipecten tolmani
Subtaxa: Aequipecten andersoni clemonensis Pacipecten andersoni barkerianus Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni Pecten (Pecten) andersoni gonicostus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Diablo, 3 miles south, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (48: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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