Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Chlamys diprosopa, Pecten diprosopus

Belongs to Chlamys (Plagioctenium) according to M. Y. Hassan 1953

Sister taxa: Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten demiurgus, Argopecten eboreus yorkensis, Argopecten eccentricus, Argopecten gibbus, Argopecten gilbertharrisi, Argopecten gratus, Argopecten inaequalis, Argopecten insuetus, Argopecten irradians, 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, 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