Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spelling: Pecten (Chlamys)
Parent taxon: Pectinidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Arnold 1906, Bouchet et al. 2010, Clark and Arnold 1923, Coan et al. 2000, da Silva Forti 1969, del Rio 1992, Dockery 1982, DuBar 1958, Durham 1944, Faustman 1964, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Gardner 1943, Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984, Gibson 1987, Glenn 1904, Islamoglu and Taner 1995, Kiessling 2003, Ladd and Hoffmeister 1945, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Marasti 1973, Marquet and Dijkstra 2000, Matsubara 2002, Maxwell 1992, Moore 1984, Morales-Ortega et al. 2016, Mukerjee 1939, Nagao 1928, Oldroyd 1925, Oostingh 1935, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Stilwell 1998, Vredenburg 1928, Willett 1937, Woodring 1982 and Wozny 1977
Sister taxa: Agerchlamys, Altaipecten, Amusium, Amussiopecten, Antipecten, Argopecten, Athlopecten, Avichlamys, Batequeus, Bractechlamys, Camptonectes, Camptonectinae, Canadonectites, Chesapecten, Chlamydinae, Complicachlamys, Coralichlamys, Costamussium, Costellamussiopecten, Crenamussium, Cristatopecten, Decadopecten, Decatopecten, Dimarzipecten, Eopecten, Euvola, Excellichlamys, Flabellipecten, Flexopecten, Fortipecten, Gigantopecten, Giraliapecten, Granulochlamys, Hinnites, Hunanonectes, Indopecten, Iranopecten, Janupecten, Jorgechlamys, Korobkovia, Kotorapecten, Leopecten, Lepidopecten, Leptopecten, Lituyapecten, Loxochlamys, Lyriochlamys, Lyropecten, Lyssochlamys, Macrochlamis, Manupecten, Mclearniinae, Merklinia, Micronectes, Minnivola, Mirapecten, Nanaochlamys, Neithella, Nevadapecten, Nippononectes, Nodipecten, Ochotochlamys, Palliolinae, Pascahinnites, Pecten (Syncyclonema), Pectininae, Pedinae, Periclaraia, Philippia, Placopecten, Pleuronectites, Praechlamys, Prohinnites, Pseudopecten, Pseudopectininae, Radiopecten, Radulonectites, Radulopecten, Rebeccapecten, Sectipecten, Serratovola, Spathochlamys, Spondylopecten, Stralopecten, Tosapecten, Ventalium, Vertipecten, Volachlamys, Weylinae, Yabepecten
Subtaxa: Chlamys (Anatipopecten) Chlamys (Azumapecten) Chlamys (Camptochlamys) Chlamys (Camptonectes) Chlamys (Chlamys) Chlamys (Kaparachlamys) Chlamys (Leochlamys) Chlamys (Mimachlamys) Chlamys (Mixtipecten) Chlamys (Miyagipecten) Chlamys (Pethopecten) Chlamys (Phialopecten) Chlamys (Radulopecten) Chlamys (Scaeochlamys) Chlamys (Swiftopecten) Chlamys alockamanensis Chlamys anapleus Chlamys angsanana Chlamys antiaustralis Chlamys archiaciana Chlamys ashiyaensis Chlamys asperrimus Chlamys badenpowelli Chlamys bartschi Chlamys behringiana Chlamys bellicostata Chlamys biarritzensis Chlamys biddleana Chlamys bifrons Chlamys branneri Chlamys cacawensis Chlamys caillaudi Chlamys calkinsi Chlamys carinata Chlamys choctavensis Chlamys cinnabarina Chlamys clarkeana Chlamys cookei Chlamys cornwalli Chlamys corteziana Chlamys cowlitzensis Chlamys curvivarians Chlamys cushmani Chlamys decemnarius Chlamys decussata Chlamys dentata Chlamys deshayesii Chlamys donmilleri Chlamys dringi Chlamys egregius Chlamys elongata Chlamys enfieldensis Chlamys eupatagonicus Chlamys exaratus Chlamys faujasi Chlamys feddeni Chlamys fenestratus Chlamys funebris Chlamys goldfussi Chlamys grossouvrei Chlamys grunskyi Chlamys hastata Chlamys hertleini Chlamys hodgei Chlamys hupeanus Chlamys indecisa Chlamys ingeniosa Chlamys jamviniensis Chlamys janiroides Chlamys jordani Chlamys kakanuia Chlamys kebolintangensis Chlamys kotaklensis Chlamys kotorana Chlamys kumanodoensis Chlamys landesi Chlamys lentiginosa Chlamys lowei Chlamys matchgarensis Chlamys mediacostata Chlamys menkrawitensis Chlamys mercuria Chlamys milvus Chlamys miurensis Chlamys mojsisovicsi Chlamys nisataiensis Chlamys nupera Chlamys nuwokensis Chlamys opuntia Chlamys palmyrensis Chlamys peroni Chlamys picta Chlamys portoricoensis Chlamys praenuncius Chlamys proavus Chlamys reticulata Chlamys rollei Chlamys rubida Chlamys ruschenbergerii Chlamys sanctiludovici Chlamys sanguinolenta Chlamys santamaria Chlamys scabrellus Chlamys sespeensis Chlamys sespensis Chlamys seymouri Chlamys shitakaraensis Chlamys sokolovi Chlamys solea Chlamys splendens Chlamys squamosa Chlamys subacuta Chlamys substriata Chlamys talahabensis Chlamys tamurae Chlamys tenuicostatus Chlamys textoria Chlamys titirangiensis Chlamys tjaringinensis Chlamys wahtubbeana Chlamys washburnei Pecten (Chlamys) alexandri Pecten (Chlamys) articulatus Pecten (Chlamys) caloosensis Pecten (Chlamys) coronatiformis Pecten (Chlamys) desiderii Pecten (Chlamys) eboreus Pecten (Chlamys) erlangeri Pecten (Chlamys) prototranquebaricus Pecten (Chlamys) risti Pecten (Chlamys) rogersii Pecten (Chlamys) rothpletzi Pecten (Chlamys) sakitoensis Pecten (Chlamys) satoi Pecten (Chlamys) scutella Pecten (Chlamys) subalpinus Pecten (Chlamys) subdextilis Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriaus Pecten (Chlamys) thompsoni Pecten (Chlamys) wautubbeanus Pecten (Chlamys) waylandi Pecten (Chlamys) yneziana
Type: Chlamys cinnabarina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), the Bahamas (2), Canada (22: British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec), Djibouti (3), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Eritrea (1), France (2), Greece (2), Greenland (21), Iceland (6), India (1), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Italy (5), Japan (11), Kenya (3), Morocco (4), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (4), New Zealand (4), Pakistan (3), Peru (3), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (1), the Seychelles (1), South Africa (4), Spain (7), Sudan (1), Sweden (1), Taiwan (5), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (116: Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington), Yemen (7)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (2), Malaysia (7), United States (9: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Algeria (1), Antarctica (2), Australia (1), Chile (17), Costa Rica (1), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (4), Egypt (2), Greece (11), Haiti (1), India (1), Indonesia (9), Iran (1), Italy (3), Jamaica (5), Japan (13), Mexico (12), New Zealand (4), Pakistan (7), Panama (2), Peru (4), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (6), South Africa (2), Spain (4), United States (62: Alaska, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Alabama)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (11), the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (1), United States (4: Alaska, California)
• Miocene of Algeria (10), Argentina (13), Australia (17), Austria (10), Belgium (4), Brazil (5), Bulgaria (4), Chile (6), Colombia (1), Cuba (3), Cyprus (6), the Dominican Republic (6), Egypt (1), Fiji (13), France (4), Greece (5), Greenland (2), Grenada (3), Haiti (6), India (8), Indonesia (17), Iran (5), Italy (12), Japan (43), Libya (3), Madagascar (2), Malta (5), Moldova (10), Morocco (5), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (8), Panama (12), Peru (2), the Philippines (1), Poland (8), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (23), the Russian Federation (16), Slovakia (3), Somalia (9), South Africa (1), Spain (2), Sri Lanka (6), Tanzania (2), United States (61: Alaska, California, Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)
• Neogene of Chile (5)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (14: California, Florida)
• Oligocene to Eocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Bulgaria (5), Canada (4: British Columbia), China (1), France (6), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (10), Libya (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (7), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (5), Somalia (8), United States (43: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2), United States (1: Alabama)
• Eocene of Antarctica (10), Argentina (2), Australia (2), Belgium (4), Bulgaria (12), China (2), Croatia (2), France (3), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (4), Japan (3), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (18), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Poland (3), Romania (10), the Russian Federation (1), Somalia (1), Spain (4), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (249: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (4), Denmark (4), Greenland (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: Alabama, Alaska, Maryland, Virginia)
• Motuan of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (5), Chile (15), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (13), France (11), Germany (4), Hungary (2), Italy (4), Japan (4), Mozambique (2), New Zealand (31), Nigeria (1), Oman (1), Peru (2), Poland (11), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (1), Spain (8), Sweden (1), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (15), United States (21: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (30), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (7), Canada (60: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (151), China (8), Denmark (4), Ethiopia (3), France (62), Georgia (1), Germany (31), Greenland (38), Hungary (2), India (58), Iran (6), Italy (6), Japan (11), Jordan (10), Kenya (19), Luxembourg (3), Madagascar (3), Morocco (9), New Zealand (6), Poland (2), Portugal (5), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (9), Saudi Arabia (47), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovakia (1), Somalia (7), Spain (30), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (19), Tunisia (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (80), United States (7: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming ), Yemen (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Chile (1)
• Triassic of Austria (32), Bulgaria (3), China (6), France (3), Hungary (8), Indonesia (4), Iran (7), Italy (6), Japan (4), Jordan (1), Mexico (2), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (3), Papua New Guinea (1), the Russian Federation (32), Slovakia (3), Spain (6), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (22: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah)
• Permian of Malaysia (1)
Total: 2417 collections including 3096 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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