Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae

Full reference: R. D. Hoare, M. T. Sturgeon, and E.A. Kindt. 1978. New Pennsylvanian bivalves and occurrences of Pseudoconocardium from Ohio and West Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 52(5):1023-1036

Belongs to Acanthopecten according to R. D. Hoare et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Acanthopecten carboniferus, Acanthopecten coloradoensis, Acanthopecten delawarensis, Acanthopecten gaoanensis, Acanthopecten giganteus, Acanthopecten jaguelensis, Acanthopecten josephinae, Acanthopecten licharewi, Acanthopecten meeki, Acanthopecten onukii, Acanthopecten shenshuensis, Acanthopecten spinosus, Acanthopecten ziphocostatus

Type specimen: OSU 27284, a shell (left valve). Its type locality is Hfg-6. Abandoned clay strip mine, Logan Clay Products Co., which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale in the Allegheny Formation of Ohio.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder