Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spelling: Chlamys (Zygochlamys)
Parent taxon: Chlamydini according to A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh 2001
See also Chiesa et al. 1995, Parodiz 1996 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abrachlamys, Austrochlamys, Austrohinnites, Dichotochlamys, Equichlamys, Laevichlamys, Leoclunipecten, Notochlamys, Ruthipecten, Serripecten, Talochlamys, Veprichlamys
Subtaxa: Chlamys (Zygochlamys) jorgensis Zygochlamys actinodes Zygochlamys geminata Zygochlamys jorgensis Zygochlamys patagonica
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (35), Chile (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (4)
Total: 45 collections including 50 occurrences
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