†Chlamys (Chlamys) hastata ellisi Hertlein and Grant 1972 (spear scallop)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant. 1972. The Geology and Paleontology of the Marine Pliocene of San Diego, California (Paleontology: Pelecypoda). San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir 2(B):135-411
Belongs to Chlamys (Chlamys) hastata according to E. J. Moore 1984
See also Hertlein and Grant 1972
Sister taxa: Pecten (Chlamys) hastatus hindsii, Pecten hastatus navarchus
Type specimen: LACMIP, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 305, K Ranch, which is in a Piacenzian coastal siliciclastic in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chlamys (Chlamys) hastata ellisi in the database