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
Parent taxon: Crassadomini according to T.R. Waller 1993
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Caribachlamys guayubinensis Caribachlamys imbricata Caribachlamys jungi Caribachlamys mildredae Caribachlamys ornatus Caribachlamys paucirama Caribachlamys sentis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Haiti (1)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (1)
Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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