Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Chlamys elegantissima, Pecten (Chlamys) elegantissimus, Pecten elegantissimus

Synonym: Pecten cooperi Smith 1903

Belongs to Glorichlamys according to H. H. Dijkstra and R. N. Kilburn 2001

See also Jordan and Hertlein 1926

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Glorichlamys elegantissima: MNHN (not registered), a shell
• Pecten cooperi: BMNH 1903.9.17.47, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Glorichlamys elegantissima in the database

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