Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Lyropecten) jeffersonia, Chlamys (Lyropecten) jeffersonius, Pecten (Chlamys) jeffersonius, Pecten (Lyropecten) jeffersonius, Pecten jeffersonius
Synonym: Pecten catilliformis Conrad 1855
Belongs to Chesapecten according to T. G. Gibson 1987
See also Arnold 1906, Conrad 1855, Gardner 1943, Glenn 1904, Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Ward and Blackwelder 1975
Sister taxa: Chesapecten (Chesapecten), Chesapecten (Christinapecten), Chesapecten coccymelus, Chesapecten madisonius, Chesapecten middlesexensis, Chesapecten patagonensis, Chesapecten santamaria, Chesapecten sayanus, Chesapecten skiptonensis
Subtaxa: Chesapecten jeffersonius septenarius
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (24: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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