Mimachlamys canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1913 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Aequipecten canalis, Pecten oxygonum canalis

Synonym: Pecten hodgii Hubbard 1920

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1913. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 64:500-519

Belongs to Mimachlamys according to T. R. Waller 2011

See also Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Mimachlamys albolineatus, Mimachlamys angelonii, Mimachlamys asperrima, Mimachlamys asperrimoides, Mimachlamys australis, Mimachlamys blowi, Mimachlamys cretosa, Mimachlamys denticulata, Mimachlamys famigerator, Mimachlamys funebris, Mimachlamys gloriosa, Mimachlamys henrici, Mimachlamys kaneharai, Mimachlamys lentiginosa, Mimachlamys mantelliana, Mimachlamys meisensis, Mimachlamys nobilis, Mimachlamys plebeia, Mimachlamys reconditus, Mimachlamys robinaldina, Mimachlamys scabricostata, Mimachlamys senatoria, Mimachlamys singaporinus, Mimachlamys sturtiana, Mimachlamys undulata, Mimachlamys vokesorum

Type specimens:

  • Mimachlamys canalis: ANSP 3894, a shell
  • Pecten hodgii:

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection), Panama (10), Puerto Rico (1), Venezuela (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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