Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Pecten (Chlamys) columbiana, Pecten columbianum
Full reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234
Belongs to Leochlamys according to E. J. Moore 1984
See also Clark and Arnold 1923 and Weaver 1942
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Leochlamys) iwakiana, Chlamys (Leochlamys) namigataensis, Chlamys (Leochlamys) tanassevitschi, Chlamys (Leochlamys) tugidakensis, Leochlamys erici
Type specimen: UCMP 30056
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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