Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spellings: Chlamys (Delectopecten), Cyclopecten (Delectopecten), Hyalopecten (Delectopecten), Palliolum (Delectopecten)
Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314
Parent taxon: Camptonectinae according to C. J. del Rio et al. 2008
See also Beu and Darragh 2001, Coan et al. 2000, Dijkstra and Kilburn 2001, Durham 1944, Faustman 1964, Jung 1971, Kiel 2006, Marquet 2002, Moore 1984, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Stewart 1930, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1938
Sister taxon: Ciclopecten
Subtaxa: Delectopecten alternilineatus Delectopecten crassistriatus Delectopecten harfordus Delectopecten lillisi Delectopecten maddreni Delectopecten musorstomi Delectopecten neuquenensis Delectopecten peckhami Delectopecten pedroanus Delectopecten randolphi Delectopecten terryi Delectopecten vancouverensis Delectopecten vitreus Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum
Type: Pecten (Pseudamussium) vancouverensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (7: California collections)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Costa Rica (1), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Grenada (2), Japan (4), the Russian Federation (4), United States (16: California, Oregon)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (11), United States (6: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (9: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Argentina (10), Australia (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 81 collections including 87 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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