†Leptopecten auroraensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 (scallop)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 82693
Full reference: L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283
Belongs to Leptopecten according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Leptopecten (Leptopecten), Leptopecten ecnomius, Leptopecten latiauratus, Leptopecten olgensis, Leptopecten thompsoni, Leptopecten tumbezensis, Pecten (Leptopecten) praevalidus, Pacipecten discus, Pacipecten bilineatus, Pacipecten tolmani, Pacipecten linki, Pacipecten weaveri, Pacipecten pabloensis
Type specimen: USNM 203898
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder