Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Pecten (Lyropecten) perrini, Pecten (Vertipecten) nevadanus perrini
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264
Belongs to Vertipecten according to J. T. Smith 1991
See also Arnold 1906, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Loel and Corey 1932 and Moore 1984
Sister taxa: Pecten (Vertipecten) rhytidus, Pecten (Vertipecten) ynezianus, Vertipecten alexclarki, Vertipecten bowersi, Vertipecten fucanus, Vertipecten kernensis, Vertipecten lachenbruchi, Vertipecten popofensis, Vertipecten porterensis, Vertipecten yneziana
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (23: California collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
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