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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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