Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Aequipecten gibbus, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gibbus, Ostrea gibba, Pecten (Chlamys) gibbus, Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus, Pecten gibbus
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Argopecten according to D. Massemin et al. 2009
See also DuBar 1958, Gardner 1943, Richards et al. 1969 and Rosenberg 2005
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 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, Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei, Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis, Haumea inaequivalvis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Colombia (1 collection), Cuba (1), Haiti (4), Panama (1), United States (15: California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Haiti (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Venezuela (9)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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