Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: F. S. MacNeil. 1967. Cenozoic Pectinids of Alaska, Iceland, and Other Northern Regions. Geological survey professional paper
Belongs to Chlamys (Chlamys) according to F. S. MacNeil 1967
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Chlamys) albida, Chlamys (Chlamys) anscutella, Chlamys (Chlamys) arakawai, Chlamys (Chlamys) breidavikensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) callimorphus, Chlamys (Chlamys) chaixensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) coatsi, Chlamys (Chlamys) cosibensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) ermanensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) etolonensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) gackhense, Chlamys (Chlamys) harmeri, Chlamys (Chlamys) iljinensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) indissolubilis, Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica, Chlamys (Chlamys) itoigawae, Chlamys (Chlamys) iwamurensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) iwriensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) karaginskiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) kavranensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) lioica, Chlamys (Chlamys) miyatokoensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) nenkalensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) otukae, Chlamys (Chlamys) parisiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) plinsbachiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) privalnajensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudislandica, Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudohastata, Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudolioica, Chlamys (Chlamys) quilonensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) rendoi, Chlamys (Chlamys) rutteni, Chlamys (Chlamys) sendaiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) tapensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) thalerus, Chlamys (Chlamys) tjornesensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, Chlamys (Chlamys) wajampolkensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) yastchanensis
Type specimen: USNM 644933, a shell (nearly complete right valve and an incomplete left valve, both belong- ing to the same individual)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: Alaska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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