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Chlamys opuntia

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia was named by Dall (1898). Its type specimen is USNM 107752, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten (Pecten) opuntia by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Chlamys opuntia by Moore (1984), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. ambigua, C. austriatus, C. balatonicus, C. bavarica, C. burlesonensis, C. cawcawensis, C. chathamensis, C. cocoana, C. compitum, C. coquimbensis, C. cossmanni, C. decorata, C. dewalquei, C. discor, C. discors, C. falgeri, C. ferniensis, C. glabra, C. gracilisquamosa, C. guerangeri, C. hinnitiformis, C. hopkinsi, C. interpunctata, C. jamensis, C. jamviensis, C. jinvalensis, C. laurae, C. liveoakensis, C. luciensis, C. matapwaensis, C. michellesmithi, C. multiformis, C. pertinax, C. proprius, C. riggsi, C. s., C. salamanca, C. scrabrellus, C. senatrius, C. septemplicatus, C. simpsoni, C. subaequicostata, C. subalternicostatus, C. subequicostatus, C. subliliemensis, C. subtextoria, C. subulatae, C. subvacaensis, C. tauroperstriata, C. textroia, C. townsendi, C. tullbergi, C. turomtchensis, C. vaughani, C. vaun, C. vaunwythei, C. venustula, C. vidali, C. viminea, C. vodopadnyensis, C. wahtubbeanus, C. arachnoideus, C. flabellum, C. judaica, C. perrugosa, C. nipponensis, C. spinulosa, C. concinnatus, C. nipponensis, C. crocus, C. proximus, C. subarticulatus, C. transdanubialis, C. burnetti, C. nicholsi, C. sakitoensis, C. broilii, C. fassaensis, C. paronai, C. schroeteri, Pecten bellhamellatus, Pecten nicholsi