Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Aequipecten andersoni, Pecten (Aequipecten) andersoni, Pecten (Pecten) andersoni, Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni, Pecten andersoni
Synonym: Pecten (Pecten) andersoni gonicostus Trask 1922
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, Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Trask 1922
Sister taxa: Leptopecten (Leptopecten), Leptopecten auroraensis, Leptopecten bavayi, Leptopecten camerella, Leptopecten ecnomius, Leptopecten latiauratus, Leptopecten olgensis, Leptopecten thompsoni, Leptopecten tumbezensis, Pacipecten linki, Pacipecten pabloensis, Pacipecten bilineatus, Pacipecten tolmani, Pacipecten discus, Pacipecten weaveri
Subtaxa: Aequipecten andersoni clemonensis Pacipecten andersoni barkerianus Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni
Type specimens:
- Pacipecten andersoni: Its type locality is Mount Diablo, 3 miles south, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California
- Pecten (Pecten) andersoni gonicostus: UCMP 12370.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (61: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
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