Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Aequipecten irradians, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gibbus irradians, Chlamys irradians, Pecten gibbus irradians, Pecten irradians

Synonym: Pecten borealis Say 1822

Belongs to Argopecten according to E. J. Petuch and C. E. Roberts 2007

Sister taxa: Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten demiurgus, Argopecten eboreus yorkensis, Argopecten eccentricus, Argopecten gibbus, Argopecten gilbertharrisi, Argopecten gratus, Argopecten inaequalis, Argopecten insuetus, Argopecten levicostatus, Argopecten nerterus, Argopecten parathetidis, Argopecten purpuratus, Argopecten thetidis, Argopecten uselmae, Argopecten venezualanus, Argopecten ventricosus, Argopecten woodringi, Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica, Chlamys (Argopecten) daideleus, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa, Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis, Pecten (Plagioctenium) callidus, Pecten (Plagioctenium) diminutivus, Pecten (Plagioctenium) evermanni, Pecten (Plagioctenium) cristobalensis, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hakei, Pecten (Plagioctenium) invalidus, Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli, Pecten (Plagioctenium) subdolus

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder