Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2
Parent taxon: Chesapecten according to L. W. Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Chesapecten (Christinapecten), Chesapecten coccymelus, Chesapecten jeffersonius, Chesapecten madisonius, Chesapecten middlesexensis, Chesapecten patagonensis, Chesapecten santamaria, Chesapecten sayanus, Chesapecten skiptonensis
Subtaxa: Chesapecten (Chesapecten) covepointensis Chesapecten (Chesapecten) middlesexensis Chesapecten (Chesapecten) monicae Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (39: Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia collections)
Total: 39 collections including 40 occurrences