Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae

Alternative combination: Pecten carboniferus

Synonym: Pecten hawni Geinitz 1866

Belongs to Acanthopecten according to N. D. Newell 1938

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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder