Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Lyropecten) madisonia, Pecten (Chlamys) madisonius, Pecten (Lyropecten) madisonius, Pecten madisonius
Belongs to Chesapecten according to T. G. Gibson 1987
See also Gardner 1943, Glenn 1904 and Ward and Blackwelder 1975
Sister taxa: Chesapecten (Chesapecten), Chesapecten (Christinapecten), Chesapecten coccymelus, Chesapecten jeffersonius, Chesapecten middlesexensis, Chesapecten patagonensis, Chesapecten santamaria, Chesapecten sayanus, Chesapecten skiptonensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (20: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Miocene of United States (31: Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia)
Total: 51 collections including 52 occurrences
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