Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Parent taxon: Chlamys according to F. S. MacNeil 1967
See also DuBar 1958, Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984, Islamoglu and Taner 1995, Kafanov and Ogasawara 2003, Kotaka and Noda 1967 and Marasti 1973
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Anatipopecten), Chlamys (Azumapecten), Chlamys (Camptochlamys), Chlamys (Camptonectes), Chlamys (Kaparachlamys), Chlamys (Leochlamys), Chlamys (Mimachlamys), Chlamys (Mixtipecten), Chlamys (Miyagipecten), Chlamys (Pethopecten), Chlamys (Phialopecten), Chlamys (Radulopecten), Chlamys (Scaeochlamys), Chlamys (Swiftopecten), Chlamys alockamanensis, Chlamys anapleus, Chlamys angsanana, Chlamys antiaustralis, Chlamys archiaciana, Chlamys ashiyaensis, Chlamys asperrimus, Chlamys badenpowelli, Chlamys bartschi, Chlamys behringiana, Chlamys bellicostata, Chlamys biarritzensis, Chlamys biddleana, Chlamys bifrons, Chlamys branneri, Chlamys cacawensis, Chlamys caillaudi, Chlamys calkinsi, Chlamys carinata, Chlamys choctavensis, Chlamys cinnabarina, Chlamys clarkeana, Chlamys cookei, Chlamys cornwalli, Chlamys corteziana, Chlamys cowlitzensis, Chlamys curvivarians, Chlamys cushmani, Chlamys decemnarius, Chlamys decussata, Chlamys dentata, Chlamys deshayesii, Chlamys donmilleri, Chlamys dringi, Chlamys egregius, Chlamys elongata, Chlamys enfieldensis, Chlamys eupatagonicus, Chlamys exaratus, Chlamys faujasi, Chlamys feddeni, Chlamys fenestratus, Chlamys funebris, Chlamys goldfussi, Chlamys grossouvrei, Chlamys grunskyi, Chlamys hastata, Chlamys hertleini, Chlamys hodgei, Chlamys hupeanus, Chlamys indecisa, Chlamys ingeniosa, Chlamys jamviniensis, Chlamys janiroides, Chlamys jordani, Chlamys kakanuia, Chlamys kebolintangensis, Chlamys kotaklensis, Chlamys kotorana, Chlamys kumanodoensis, Chlamys landesi, Chlamys lentiginosa, Chlamys lowei, Chlamys matchgarensis, Chlamys mediacostata, Chlamys menkrawitensis, Chlamys mercuria, Chlamys milvus, Chlamys miurensis, Chlamys mojsisovicsi, Chlamys nisataiensis, Chlamys nupera, Chlamys nuwokensis, Chlamys opuntia, Chlamys palmyrensis, Chlamys peroni, Chlamys picta, Chlamys portoricoensis, Chlamys praenuncius, Chlamys proavus, Chlamys reticulata, Chlamys rollei, Chlamys rubida, Chlamys ruschenbergerii, Chlamys sanctiludovici, Chlamys sanguinolenta, Chlamys santamaria, Chlamys scabrellus, Chlamys sespeensis, Chlamys sespensis, Chlamys seymouri, Chlamys shitakaraensis, Chlamys sokolovi, Chlamys solea, Chlamys splendens, Chlamys squamosa, Chlamys subacuta, Chlamys substriata, Chlamys talahabensis, Chlamys tamurae, Chlamys tenuicostatus, Chlamys textoria, Chlamys titirangiensis, Chlamys tjaringinensis, Chlamys wahtubbeana, Chlamys washburnei, Pecten (Chlamys) alexandri, Pecten (Chlamys) articulatus, Pecten (Chlamys) caloosensis, Pecten (Chlamys) coronatiformis, Pecten (Chlamys) desiderii, Pecten (Chlamys) eboreus, Pecten (Chlamys) erlangeri, Pecten (Chlamys) prototranquebaricus, Pecten (Chlamys) risti, Pecten (Chlamys) rogersii, Pecten (Chlamys) rothpletzi, Pecten (Chlamys) sakitoensis, Pecten (Chlamys) satoi, Pecten (Chlamys) scutella, Pecten (Chlamys) subalpinus, Pecten (Chlamys) subdextilis, Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriaus, Pecten (Chlamys) thompsoni, Pecten (Chlamys) wautubbeanus, Pecten (Chlamys) waylandi, Pecten (Chlamys) yneziana
Subtaxa: 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) trinitiensis Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Chlamys (Chlamys) wajampolkensis Chlamys (Chlamys) yastchanensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (21: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec collections), France (1), Greenland (21), Iceland (6), Ireland (1), Italy (2), Japan (3), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (4), Sweden (1), United States (22: Alaska, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Washington)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Greece (4), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (2), United States (4: Alaska)
• Miocene of Brazil (5), Greece (2), India (2), Japan (5), Madagascar (2), Moldova (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (13), United States (11: Alaska, Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (11: Florida)
• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (10), Croatia (2), Germany (1), Indonesia (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Cretaceous of South Africa (1)
• Jurassic of Canada (12: British Columbia, Yukon), France (1), India (6), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Triassic of Iran (7), the Russian Federation (11)
Total: 224 collections including 266 occurrences