Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Patinopecten (Patinopecten) skonunensis
Full reference: F. S. MacNeil. 1967. Cenozoic Pectinids of Alaska, Iceland, and Other Northern Regions. Geological survey professional paper
Belongs to Patinopecten (Mizuhopecten) according to F. S. MacNeil 1967
See also Masuda 1971
Sister taxa: Mizuhopecten kimurai, Mizuhopecten kitamiensis, Mizuhopecten matumoriensis, Mizuhopecten nakatombetsuensis, Mizuhopecten paraplebejus, Mizuhopecten warreni, Mizuhopecten yessoensis
Type specimen: UCLA 39474, a valve (incomplete right valve)
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Skonun Point, 5 miles east of Masset (Miocene to Miocene of British Columbia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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