Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Chlamys quilonensis
Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36
Belongs to Chlamys (Chlamys) according to R. P. Tiwari and R. P. Kachhara 2003
See also Dey 1961
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) 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Quilon Limestone Formation of India
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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