Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Alternative spelling: Cyclochlamys
Parent taxon: Cyclopecten according to C. R. Laws 1939
See also Beu et al. 1990, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Cyclopecten acuminatus, Cyclopecten almirantensis, Cyclopecten aupouria, Cyclopecten cocosensis, Cyclopecten compitum, Cyclopecten defuniak, Cyclopecten diktuotus, Cyclopecten duplicatus, Cyclopecten fenestratus, Cyclopecten guppyi, Cyclopecten horridus, Cyclopecten hoskynsi, Cyclopecten incongruus, Cyclopecten kapalae, Cyclopecten lompicoensis, Cyclopecten martinezensis, Cyclopecten nanus, Cyclopecten oligolepis, Cyclopecten pernomus, Cyclopecten powelli, Cyclopecten pustulosus, Cyclopecten thalassinus, Cyclopecten zalaya, Pecten (Cyclopecten) rotundatus
Subtaxa: Cyclochlamys mestayerae Cyclochlamys shepherdi Cyclochlamys transenna
Type: Pecten transenna
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence