Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Pecten daideleus

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1924. Fosseis Terciarios Do Brazil. Serico Geologico E Mineralogico Do Brazil Monograph 49

Belongs to Chlamys (Argopecten) according to V. A. Tavora et al. 2004

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 (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