Delectopecten peckhami Gabb 1869 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Palliolum (Delectopecten) peckhami, Pecten (Pseudamusium) peckhami, Pecten peckhami

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part II. Description of New Species (Continued). Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 39-64

Belongs to Delectopecten according to E. J. Moore 1984

See also Arnold 1906, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Moore 1963 and Stewart 1930

Sister taxa: Delectopecten alternilineatus, Delectopecten crassistriatus, Delectopecten harfordus, Delectopecten lillisi, Delectopecten maddreni, Delectopecten musorstomi, Delectopecten neuquenensis, Delectopecten pedroanus, Delectopecten randolphi, Delectopecten terryi, Delectopecten vancouverensis, Delectopecten vitreus, Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Japan (3 collections), the Russian Federation (4), United States (14: California, Oregon)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (11)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3)

Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences

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