Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

Full reference: T. R. Waller. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology (381)1-198

Belongs to Cyclopecten according to T. R. Waller 2011

Sister taxa: Cyclopecten acuminatus, Cyclopecten almirantensis, Cyclopecten aupouria, Cyclopecten cocosensis, Cyclopecten compitum, Cyclopecten defuniak, Cyclopecten diktuotus, Cyclopecten fenestratus, Cyclopecten guppyi, Cyclopecten horridus, Cyclopecten hoskynsi, Cyclopecten kapalae, Cyclopecten nanus, Cyclopecten oligolepis, Cyclopecten powelli, Cyclopecten pustulosus, Cyclopecten thalassinus

Type specimen: USNM 540939, a shell. Its type locality is TU 1227A Arroyo Zalaya, which is in a Messinian offshore siliciclastic in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell 4.40 x 4.30