Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Pecten (Patinopecten) kernensis
Invalid subtaxa: Pecten (Lyropecten) gabbi Clark 1918 [replaced name], Pecten (Vertipecten) nevadanus Conrad 1855, Pecten diabloensis Clark 1924, Pecten nevadanus Conrad 1855, Vertipecten diabloensis Clark 1924, Vertipecten nevadanus Conrad 1855
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1925. New species of marine fossil Mollusca from western North America. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 24:39-44
Belongs to Vertipecten according to J. T. Smith 1991
See also Adegoke 1969, Arnold 1906, Clark 1918, Hanna 1924, Hertlein 1925 and Moore 1984
Sister taxa: Vertipecten alexclarki, Vertipecten bowersi, Vertipecten fucanus, Vertipecten lachenbruchi, Vertipecten perrini, Vertipecten popofensis, Vertipecten porterensis, Vertipecten yneziana
Type specimens:
- Vertipecten kernensis: LSJU 128, a shell
- Pecten (Lyropecten) gabbi: UCMP 11138.
- Vertipecten diabloensis:
- Vertipecten nevadanus:
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Oligocene of United States (8: California)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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