original description
(of Aequipecten hataii Kanno, 1958 †) Kanno, S. (1958). New Tertiary molluscs from the Chichibu Basin, Saitama Prefecture, central Japan. <em>Science Reports of the Tokyo Kyoiku Gaigaku, section C Geology, Minerology and Geography.</em> 6(55): 157-229, 7 pls.
page(s): 169, pl. 1, figs 14-18 [details]
basis of record
Hayami, I. (1984). Natural history and evolution of <i>Cryptopecten</i> (A Cenozoic-Recent pectinid genus). <em>The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin.</em> 24: 1-149, pls. 1-13. [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification According to Hayami (1984) the species is "possibly [an] early representative of Cryptopecten, but [the] phylogenetic relation to Middle Miocene and later species is by no means certain owing to the poorly preserved nature of the material." [details]