Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Synonym: Microchlamys Sobetski 1977 [replaced name]
Full reference: T. R. Waller. 2001. Dhondtichlamys, a new name for Microchlamys Sobetski, 1977 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae), preoccupiedby Microchlamys Cockerell, 1911 (Rhizopoda: Arcellinida). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washingto 114:858-860
Parent taxon: Palliolinae according to T. R. Waller 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Adamussiini, Eburneopectinini, Lissochlamys, Mesopeplini, Palliolini, Palliolum, Pseudamussium, Pseudentoliini, Serripectinini, Hemipecten
Subtaxa: Dhondtichlamys delawarensis Dhondtichlamys greggi Dhondtichlamys johnsoni Dhondtichlamys pulchellus Dhondtichlamys venusta
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), United States (18: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (3), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (4), India (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (60: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 115 collections including 144 occurrences
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