Argopecten aequisulcatus Fitch 1966 (speckled scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: J. E. Fitch. 1966. Additional fish remains, mostly otoliths, from a Pleistocene deposit at Playa del Rey, California. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 119:1-16

Belongs to Argopecten according to J. E. Fitch 1966

Sister taxa: Argopecten abietis, Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten antonitaensis, Argopecten callidus, Argopecten crassiradiatus, Argopecten cristobalensis, Argopecten daideleus, Argopecten demiurgus, Argopecten deserti, Argopecten diminutivus, Argopecten eboreus yorkensis, Argopecten eccentricus, Argopecten ericellus, Argopecten evermanni, Argopecten gibbus, Argopecten gilbertharrisi, Argopecten gratus, Argopecten hakei, Argopecten inaequalis, Argopecten insuetus, Argopecten invalidus, Argopecten irradians, Argopecten levicostatus, Argopecten mendenhalli, Argopecten nerterus, Argopecten parathetidis, Argopecten percarus, Argopecten purpuratus, Argopecten revellei, Argopecten subdolus, Argopecten sverdrupi, Argopecten thetidis, Argopecten uselmae, Argopecten venezualanus, Argopecten ventricosus, Argopecten woodringi, Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi, Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei, Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae, Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa, Haumea inaequivalvis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Argopecten aequisulcatus in the database

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