Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Parent taxon: Aequipectinini according to T. R. Waller 2011
See also Marquet and Dijkstra 2000 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Chagrepecten, Zamorapecten
Subtaxa: Lindapecten acanikos Lindapecten baitoanensis Lindapecten buchivacoanus Lindapecten chipolanus Lindapecten muscosus Lindapecten paramuscosus Lindapecten plurinominis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection), United States (10: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), the Dominican Republic (10), Jamaica (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (4), the Dominican Republic (7), the Netherlands Antilles (4)
• Miocene of Colombia (14), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (40), Ecuador (1), Haiti (3), Panama (18), United States (26: Florida, Georgia), Venezuela (18)
• Oligocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 166 collections including 175 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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