Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten (Aequipecten) decorus

Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1919. Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington 105-156

Belongs to Aequipecten according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Aequipecten (Aequipecten), Aequipecten andersoni, Aequipecten canalis, Aequipecten commutatus, Aequipecten comparilis, Aequipecten florida, Aequipecten macfadyeni, Aequipecten opercularis, Aequipecten paranensis, Aequipecten radians, Aequipecten suwaneensis, Aequipecten tehuelchus, Aequipecten trigintaradiata, Aequipecten wagenaari, Chlamys (Aequipecten) cocoanus, Chlamys (Aequipecten) durchanaensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) redwoodensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) subtripartita, Chlamys (Aequipecten) thunensis, Pecten (Aequipecten) deserti, Pecten (Aequipecten) percarus, Pecten (Aequipecten) preglyptus

Type specimen: AMNH (no number), a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 30.0 x 29.0