Chlamys (Lyropecten) planicosta Gardner 1943 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: J. A. Gardner. 1943. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. Part 1. Pelecypoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(A):1-178

Belongs to Chlamys (Lyropecten) according to J. A. Gardner 1943

Sister taxa: Chlamys (Lyropecten) duncanensis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) ernestsmithi, Chlamys (Lyropecten) menthifontis, Lyropecten catalinae, Lyropecten cerrosensis, Lyropecten condylomatus, Lyropecten crassicardo, Lyropecten denaius, Lyropecten dumblei, Lyropecten gallegosi, Lyropecten laekeniensis, Lyropecten miguelensis, Lyropecten modulatus, Lyropecten pittieri, Lyropecten pretiosus, Lyropecten septemplicatus, Lyropecten tamiamiensis, Lyropecten terminus, Lyropecten tiburonensis, Lyropecten vaughani

Type specimen: USNM 325494, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chlamys (Lyropecten) planicosta in the database

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