Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Chlamys) senatoria, Chlamys (Chlamys) senatorius, Chlamys senatoria, Chlamys senatorius, Ostrea senatoria, Ostrea senatorius, Pecten (Chlamys) senatorius
Belongs to Mimachlamys according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
See also Azzaroli 1958, Cox 1936, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Mukerjee 1939, Oostingh 1935, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Skwarko 1994, Tiwari and Kachhara 2003 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Mimachlamys albolineatus, Mimachlamys angelonii, Mimachlamys asperrima, 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 singaporinus, Mimachlamys sturtiana, Mimachlamys undulata, Mimachlamys vokesorum
Subtaxa: Pecten (Chlamys) senatorius soomrowensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (2 collections), Kenya (1), Mozambique (1), Pakistan (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), Yemen (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (6)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), India (1), Indonesia (4), Iran (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of India (6), Indonesia (6), Iran (3), Pakistan (3), Somalia (5), South Africa (1), Sri Lanka (4)
• Eocene of Pakistan (1)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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