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

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