Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spelling: Chlamys (Praechlamys)
Parent taxon: Pectinidae according to C. A. McRoberts 2011
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Agerchlamys, Altaipecten, Amusium, Amussiopecten, Antipecten, Argopecten, Athlopecten, Avichlamys, Batequeus, Bractechlamys, Camptonectes, Camptonectinae, Canadonectites, Chesapecten, Chlamydinae, Chlamys, Complicachlamys, Coralichlamys, Costamussium, Costellamussiopecten, Crenamussium, Cristatopecten, Decadopecten, Decatopecten, Dimarzipecten, Eopecten, Euvola, Excellichlamys, Flabellipecten, Flexopecten, Fortipecten, Gigantopecten, Giraliapecten, Granulochlamys, Hinnites, Hunanonectes, Indopecten, Iranopecten, Janupecten, Jorgechlamys, Korobkovia, Kotorapecten, Leopecten, Lepidopecten, Leptopecten, Lituyapecten, Loxochlamys, Lyriochlamys, Lyropecten, Lyssochlamys, Macrochlamis, Manupecten, Mclearniinae, Merklinia, Micronectes, Minnivola, Mirapecten, Nanaochlamys, Neithella, Nevadapecten, Nippononectes, Nodipecten, Ochotochlamys, Palliolinae, Pascahinnites, Pectininae, Pedinae, Periclaraia, Philippia, Placopecten, Pleuronectites, Prohinnites, Pseudopecten, Pseudopectininae, Radiopecten, Radulonectites, Radulopecten, Rebeccapecten, Sectipecten, Serratovola, Spathochlamys, Spondylopecten, Stralopecten, Tosapecten, Ventalium, Vertipecten, Volachlamys, Weylinae, Yabepecten
Subtaxa: Chlamys (Praechlamys) prima Praechlamys foezyi Praechlamys hohxilensis Praechlamys ponzii Praechlamys reticulata Praechlamys rollei Praechlamys rusconii Praechlamys stoliczkai Praechlamys valoniensis Praechlamys wuxingensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (5 collections), Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (2), China (2), France (2), Hungary (2), Italy (12), Portugal (5), the United Kingdom (4)
• Triassic of Argentina (6), Austria (2), China (29), France (2), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Romania (1), Singapore (1), Slovakia (3), the United Kingdom (15)
• Permian of China (1)
Total: 101 collections including 124 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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