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: Chlamydini according to T.R. Waller 1993
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Abrachlamys, Austrochlamys, Austrohinnites, Azumapecten, Chlamys, Dichotochlamys, Equichlamys, Jorgechlamys, Leoclunipecten, Notochlamys, Reticulochlamys, Ruthipecten, Scaeochlamys, Serripecten, Swiftopecten, Talochlamys, Titonopecten, Veprichlamys, Zygochlamys
Subtaxa: Laevichlamys irregularis Laevichlamys lauensis Laevichlamys lemniscatus Laevichlamys limatulus Laevichlamys mollitus Laevichlamys multisquamata Laevichlamys ruschenbergeri Laevichlamys shirahamaensis Laevichlamys squamosa Laevichlamys wilhelminae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (2 collections), Haiti (1), Japan (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2), Japan (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Cuba (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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