Patinopecten (Mizuhopecten) skonunensis MacNeil 1967 (scallop)

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)

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