Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys islandica, Chlamys islandicus, Pecten (Chlamys) islandicus, Pecten (Pecten) islandicus, Pecten islandicus
Full reference: O. F. Müller. 1776. Beschreibung zwoer Medusen. Beschäftigungen der Berlinischen Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde 2:290-298
Belongs to Chlamys (Chlamys) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Chlamys) albida, Chlamys (Chlamys) anscutella, Chlamys (Chlamys) arakawai, Chlamys (Chlamys) breidavikensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) callimorphus, Chlamys (Chlamys) chaixensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) coatsi, Chlamys (Chlamys) cosibensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) ermanensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) etolonensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) gackhense, Chlamys (Chlamys) harmeri, Chlamys (Chlamys) iljinensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) indissolubilis, Chlamys (Chlamys) itoigawae, Chlamys (Chlamys) iwamurensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) iwriensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) karaginskiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) kavranensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) lioica, Chlamys (Chlamys) miyatokoensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) nenkalensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) otukae, Chlamys (Chlamys) parisiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) plinsbachiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) privalnajensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudislandica, Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudohastata, Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudolioica, Chlamys (Chlamys) quilonensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) rendoi, Chlamys (Chlamys) rutteni, Chlamys (Chlamys) sendaiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) tapensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) thalerus, Chlamys (Chlamys) tjornesensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) trinitiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, Chlamys (Chlamys) wajampolkensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) yastchanensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (21: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Greenland (21), Iceland (4), Ireland (1), Sweden (1), United States (18: Alaska, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Washington)
Total: 66 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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