Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: R. Tate. 1887. The Lamellibranchs of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 2). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 9:142-189

Belongs to Pecten according to R. Tate 1887

Sister taxa: Pecten (Janira), Pecten (Neithea), Pecten (Oopecten), Pecten (Pecten), Pecten (Pseudamusium), Pecten (Radiopecten), Pecten (Syncyclonema), Pecten (Vola), Pecten afribenedictus, Pecten alcesianus, Pecten alpha, Pecten argillensis, Pecten assinboiensis, Pecten aurantiacus, Pecten aztecus, Pecten barretti, Pecten cadwalladerensis, Pecten camuycenicus, Pecten ceibanus, Pecten coderensis, Pecten collapsus, Pecten coralliphila, Pecten danicus, Pecten deformis, Pecten dendyi, Pecten disparatus, Pecten elixatus, Pecten expansus, Pecten flemingianus, Pecten fumata, Pecten fumatus, Pecten gramamensis, Pecten grapteus, Pecten guajatacus, Pecten humphreysii, Pecten inaequalis, Pecten jacobaea, Pecten kokcharofi, Pecten lowei, Pecten maxima, Pecten mclellani, Pecten mediacostatus, Pecten mendenhalli, Pecten meseticus, Pecten nearchi, Pecten novaezelandiae, Pecten nugenti, Pecten obsoletus, Pecten palmipes, Pecten paredezii, Pecten pascoei, Pecten pictus, Pecten pilgrimi, Pecten plebeia, Pecten politus, Pecten pontiamnis, Pecten pseudosolarium, Pecten ptychotis, Pecten raoulensis, Pecten sanctiludovici, Pecten sansebastianus, Pecten santarosanus, Pecten saskatchewanensis, Pecten seabeensis, Pecten sealyi, Pecten sedanensis, Pecten silentiensis, Pecten squamula, Pecten striatus, Pecten subrufus, Pecten suwanneensis, Pecten thaumastus, Pecten triradiatus, Pecten tyaughtonae, Pecten vasseli, Pecten vaughani, Pecten vigintisulcatus, Pecten wendelli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Genesee Valley, near Gifford's (Robinson's) ranch, which is in a Sevatian carbonate limestone in the Brock Shale Formation of California

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder