Annachlamys Iredale 1939 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative spelling: Chlamys (Annachlamys)

Parent taxon: Pectininae according to A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh 2001

See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, McNamara and Kendrick 1994, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Aequipectinini, Amusiini, Carolinapecten, Chlamydini, Decatopectinini, Mesopeplum, Oppenheimopecten, Pecten, Pectinini

Subtaxa: Annachlamys flabellata Annachlamys flabellatus Annachlamys iredalei Annachlamys macassarensis Annachlamys murrayana

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Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), India (1), Iran (1), Japan (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (2)

• Miocene of Australia (6), Indonesia (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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