Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Pecten (Plagioctenium) purpuratus, Pecten purpuratus

Belongs to Argopecten according to A. M. Keen 1971

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 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