Flabellipecten merriami Arnold 1906 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Pecten) merriami

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264

Belongs to Flabellipecten according to E. J. Moore 1984

See also Arnold 1906 and Grant, IV and Gale 1931

Sister taxa: Flabellipecten antiguensis, Flabellipecten beali, Flabellipecten bosei, Flabellipecten carrizoensis, Flabellipecten diegensis, Flabellipecten duplex, Flabellipecten duwelzi, Flabellipecten fraterculus, Flabellipecten hawleyi, Flabellipecten oblongus, Flabellipecten pyramidesensis, Flabellipecten refugioensis, Flabellipecten sericeus, Flabellipecten ugolinii, Pecten (Flabellipecten) sendanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is San Felician Creek, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in California

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at San Felician Creek

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