Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys stearnsi, Flabellipecten stearnsii, Pecten (Flabellipecten) stearnsii, Pecten (Janira) stearnsii, Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii, Pecten stearnsi, Pecten stearnsii
Belongs to Leopecten according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Arnold 1903, Arnold 1906, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hall 2002, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Jordan and Hertlein 1926, Moore 1984, Muhs et al. 2002, Woodring et al. 1946 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Leopecten bakeri, Leopecten diegensis, Leopecten gatunensis, Leopecten marquerensis, Leopecten stillmani
Subtaxa: Pecten (Janira) stearnsii carrizoensis
Type specimen: USNM 7942, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (9: California, Hawaii collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (5: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (8), United States (14: California)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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