Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Chlamys) valoniensis, Chlamys valoniensis, Pecten valoniensis
Belongs to Praechlamys according to S. E. Damborenea 2012
See also Aberhan 1998, Damborenea 2002, Damborenea and ManceƱido 2012, Henry 1876, Newton 1923 and Yin and McRoberts 2006
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Praechlamys) prima, Praechlamys foezyi, Praechlamys hohxilensis, Praechlamys ponzii, Praechlamys reticulata, Praechlamys rollei, Praechlamys rusconii, Praechlamys stoliczkai, Praechlamys wuxingensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (5 collections), Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (2), China (2), France (2), Italy (4), Portugal (5), the United Kingdom (4)
• Triassic of Argentina (6), Austria (1), France (2), Italy (2), Singapore (1), the United Kingdom (15)
Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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