Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Leptopecten) praevalidus

Full reference: E. K. Jordan and L. G. Hertlein. 1926. Expedition to the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, in 1925, VII. Contribution to the geology and paleontology of the Tertiary of Cedros Island and adjacent parts of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 15(14):409-464

Belongs to Pecten (Aequipecten) according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931

See also Hall 2002, Jordan and Hertlein 1926 and Moore 1984

Sister taxa: Aequipecten (Aequipecten), Aequipecten bierringi, Aequipecten commutatus, Aequipecten comparilis, Aequipecten decorus, Aequipecten florida, Aequipecten macrotis, Aequipecten malvinae, Aequipecten opercularis, Aequipecten paranensis, Aequipecten radians, Aequipecten suwaneensis, Aequipecten tehuelchus, Aequipecten trigintaradiata, Aequipecten wagenaari, Chlamys (Aequipecten) chickaria, Chlamys (Aequipecten) cocoanus, Chlamys (Aequipecten) durchanaensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) gainestownensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) glendonensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) redwoodensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) subtripartita, Chlamys (Aequipecten) thunensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) waynensis, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) arlesiensis, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) campaniensis, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) ternatus, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) walleri, Pecten (Aequipecten) hallae, Pecten (Aequipecten) palmeri, Pecten (Aequipecten) preglyptus, Pecten (Aequipecten) seinaamensis, Pecten (Aequipecten) subserraticosta

Type specimen: CAS 2101, a shell. Its type locality is C.A.S. Loc. 945, Turtle Bay, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in Mexico.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at C.A.S. Loc. 945, Turtle Bay

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