Pecten (Pecten) lecontei Arnold 1906 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264

Belongs to Pecten (Pecten) according to E. J. Moore 1984

See also Arnold 1906

Sister taxa: Pecten (Pecten) albicans, Pecten (Pecten) aletes, Pecten (Pecten) beringianus, Pecten (Pecten) byoritsuensis, Pecten (Pecten) dentatus, Pecten (Pecten) gedinganensis, Pecten (Pecten) gordus, Pecten (Pecten) illesca, Pecten (Pecten) javanus, Pecten (Pecten) mexicanus, Pecten (Pecten) perplanus, Pecten (Pecten) poulsoni, Pecten (Pecten) pyxidatus, Pecten (Pecten) slevini, Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki, Pecten (Pecten) ventonensis

Type specimen: CAS 4, a shell. Its type locality is Cerros Island, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in Mexico.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Mexico (4 collections)

• Miocene of Mexico (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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