Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten (Lyropecten) gallegosi
Full reference: E. K. Jordan and L. G. Hertlein. 1926. Expedition to the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, in 1925, VII. Contribution to the geology and paleontology of the Tertiary of Cedros Island and adjacent parts of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 15(14):409-464
Belongs to Lyropecten according to J. T. Smith 1991
See also Jordan and Hertlein 1926 and Moore 1984
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 laekeniensis, Lyropecten miguelensis, Lyropecten modulatus, Lyropecten pittieri, Lyropecten pretiosus, Lyropecten septemplicatus, Lyropecten tamiamiensis, Lyropecten terminus, Lyropecten tiburonensis, Lyropecten vaughani
Type specimen: CAS 2096, a shell. Its type locality is C.A.S. Loc. 946, Bernstein's Abalone Camp, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone/gravel in Mexico.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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