Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei Mansfield 1940 (calico scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226

Belongs to Chlamys (Plagioctenium) according to W. C. Mansfield 1940

Sister taxa: Argopecten abietis, Argopecten ameleus, Argopecten anteamplicostata, Argopecten antonitaensis, Argopecten callidus, Argopecten crassiradiatus, Argopecten cristobalensis, Argopecten daideleus, Argopecten demiurgus, Argopecten deserti, Argopecten diminutivus, Argopecten eboreus yorkensis, Argopecten eccentricus, Argopecten ericellus, Argopecten evermanni, Argopecten gibbus, Argopecten gilbertharrisi, Argopecten gratus, Argopecten hakei, Argopecten inaequalis, Argopecten insuetus, Argopecten invalidus, Argopecten irradians, Argopecten levicostatus, Argopecten mendenhalli, Argopecten nerterus, Argopecten parathetidis, Argopecten percarus, Argopecten purpuratus, Argopecten revellei, Argopecten subdolus, Argopecten sverdrupi, Argopecten thetidis, Argopecten uselmae, Argopecten venezualanus, Argopecten ventricosus, Argopecten woodringi, Chlamys (Argopecten) agronomica, Haumea inaequivalvis, Pecten (Plagioctenium) neahensis, Pecten (Plagioctenium) operculiformis, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) reedsi, Pecten (Plagioctenium) mendenhalli, Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti, Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Taylors Mill Creek (Richards), which is in a Rupelian deep subtidal ramp limestone in the Chickasawhay Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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