Caribachlamys paucirama Waller 1993 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: T.R. Waller. 1993. The evolution of "Chlamys" (Mollusca: Bivalva: Pectinidae) in the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 10(2):195-249

Belongs to Caribachlamys according to T.R. Waller 1993

Sister taxa: Caribachlamys guayubinensis, Caribachlamys imbricata, Caribachlamys jungi, Caribachlamys mildredae, Caribachlamys ornatus, Caribachlamys sentis

Type specimen: USNM 474637, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caribachlamys paucirama in the database

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