Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Chlamys) asperrima, Pecten asperrimus
Synonym: Chlamys australis Sowerby 1842
Full reference: J. B. P. Lamarck. 1819. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres. Histoire des Polypes, Paris (Lanoë)
Belongs to Mimachlamys according to A. Beu and M. Taviani 2013
See also Hendy 2007, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Ludbrook 1983 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: Mimachlamys albolineatus, Mimachlamys angelonii, Mimachlamys asperrimoides, Mimachlamys australis, Mimachlamys blowi, Mimachlamys canalis, Mimachlamys cretosa, Mimachlamys denticulata, Mimachlamys famigerator, Mimachlamys funebris, Mimachlamys gloriosa, Mimachlamys henrici, Mimachlamys kaneharai, Mimachlamys lentiginosa, Mimachlamys mantelliana, Mimachlamys meisensis, Mimachlamys nobilis, Mimachlamys plebeia, Mimachlamys reconditus, Mimachlamys robinaldina, Mimachlamys scabricostata, Mimachlamys senatoria, Mimachlamys singaporinus, Mimachlamys sturtiana, Mimachlamys undulata, Mimachlamys vokesorum
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections)
• Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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