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Chlamys (Chlamys) trinitiensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Chlamys (Chlamys) trinitiensis was named by MacNeil (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 644933, a shell (nearly complete right valve and an incomplete left valve, both belong- ing to the same individual), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Chama callimorpha, Chama indossolubilis, Chama thalera, C. acutiplicata, C. acutiplicatus, C. acutoplicatus, C. ambigua, C. amelus, C. amphicyrta, C. angelonii, C. aquilonia, C. ashiynensis, C. aspera, C. austriatus, C. awazuensis, C. badiotica, C. balatonicus, C. bavarica, C. beverlyi, C. bollenensis, C. bouei, C. brooksvillensis, C. brookvillensis, C. bruei, C. brussoni, C. buckinghamensis, C. burlesonensis, C. cainei, C. calderensis, C. camptonectoides, C. carteronensis, C. cawcawensis, C. cellularis, C. chathamensis, C. clinchfieldensis, C. cocoana, C. compitum, C. convexior, C. coquimbensis, C. corallinoides, C. coronata, C. corvina, C. cossmanni, C. crassicostatus, C. csepreghymeznericsae, C. danvillensis, C. decemaria, C. decemnaria, C. deckei, C. decorata, C. decoriata, C. deleta, C. dennisoni, C. deshayesi, C. dewalquei, C. diaphana, C. discor, C. discors, C. dispar, C. domgeri, C. ducanensis, C. eboreus, C. elegans, C. ercolaniana, C. euthymei, C. excissa, C. falgeri, C. farreni, C. farreri, C. fasciculata, C. fasiculata, C. favrii, C. ferniensis, C. fibrosus, C. filiformis, C. flexuosa, C. flexuosa, C. flexuosa, C. forojulensis, C. gainstownensis, C. geminata, C. gigas, C. gigas, C. glabra, C. gloriamaris, C. gloriosus, C. gracilisquamosa, C. guerangeri, C. hanzawae, C. hartungi, C. harveri, C. hastata, C. hastatus, C. hastatus, C. haueri, C. hawaiensis, C. hehli, C. hericia, C. hertlei, C. hinnitiformis, C. hispida, C. holgeri, C. hopkinsi, C. iboibo, C. imaniae, C. imcomparabilis, C. inaequicostalis, C. inaequicostata, C. incomparabilis, C. infunata, C. interpunctata, C. islandicus, C. islandicus, C. isthmica, C. itogawae, C. iwamuraensis, C. jakloweciana, C. jamensis, C. jamviensis, C. jinvalensis, C. johnsoni, C. justiana, C. kneiskerni, C. kneri, C. kobayashii, C. kotakiensis, C. kurumensis, C. lacteus, C. laevata, C. laevis, C. landeronensis, C. latissima, C. latissima, C. lattissima, C. laurae, C. lessepsi, C. lilli, C. linguafelis, C. liveoakensis, C. liveoakensis, C. luciensis, C. mabuchii, C. macrotis, C. malvinae, C. matapwaensis, C. mcquirti, C. mekranica, C. membranosa, C. membranosus, C. meringae, C. michellesmithi, C. mississippiensis, C. mitaraiensis, C. mitis, C. mortilleti, C. multiformis, C. multistriatus, C. nattheimensis, C. nebrascensis, C. nematopleura, C. neumayeri, C. nicholsi, C. nicholsi, C. nicholsi, C. nicolasi, C. nipponensis, C. nodosus, C. northamptoni, C. opercularis, C. opercularis, C. opercularis, C. opercularis, C. palaeocaenica, C. palmata, C. parmeleei, C. peisonis, C. pertinax, C. pesfelis, C. plica, C. pollux, C. porphyrea, C. portoricensis, C. posthuma, C. practrigonostema, C. pradellensis, C. praecursor, C. praescabriuscula, C. psefelis, C. pulchricosta, C. puntana, C. purpurata, C. pusia, C. puzio, C. radiata, C. rakosense, C. rigbyi, C. riggsi, C. robinaldia, C. rodkiewiczi, C. rosimon, C. royana, C. s., C. salamanca, C. santaecrucis, C. saxoneti, C. scabriuscula, C. schreteri, C. schroeteri, C. scissa, C. scissa, C. scissa, C. scrabella, C. scrabrellus, C. seabeensis, C. senatrius, C. seniensis, C. seniensis, C. septemplicatus, C. septemradiata, C. sheldonae, C. shikokuensis, C. similis, C. simpsoni, C. singaporina, C. solarium, C. soriensis, C. spillmani, C. spinulosus, C. splenaens, C. squamosus, C. stantoni, C. strambergensis, C. strictus, C. stutchburianus, C. subaequicostata, C. subalternicostata, C. subalternicostatus, C. subconvexus, C. subdiscors, C. subequicostatus, C. subimbricatus, C. subliliemensis, C. submalvinae, C. subplicatus, C. substriatus, C. subtextoria, C. subulatae, C. subvacaensis, C. swiftii, C. tatrica, C. tauroperstriata, C. tauroperstriatus, C. tela, C. textroia, C. thiollierei, C. thiollieri, C. thomsoni, C. tigerinus, C. tigrina, C. tigris, C. tinctus, C. torulosi, C. tournali, C. townsendi, C. tranquebarica, C. tubulifer, C. tullbergi, C. tumescens, C. turomtchensis, C. valonienis, C. varia, C. varnensis, C. vaughani, C. vaun, C. vaunwythei, C. venustula, C. vidali, C. vidalis, C. viminea, C. vodopadnyensis, C. vulgaris, C. vurguveemensis, C. wahtubbeanus, C. wayensis, C. weinheimensis, C. werthi, C. werti, C. wethi, C. whitfieldi, C. winkleri, C. zenonis, C. celebensis, C. angelonii, C. arachnoideus, C. ature, C. benedictus, C. clinchfieldensis, C. cocoana, C. corymbiatus, C. deleta, C. deshayesi, C. elegans, C. elegans, C. exageratus, C. farsanensis, C. flabellum, C. flava, C. jackloweciana, C. judaica, C. lessepsii, C. martini, C. menkei, C. multistriata, C. nebrodensis, C. octoplicoides, C. perrugosa, C. prototransquebaricus, C. quinquepartita, C. rhodopianus, C. spillmani, C. spinulosa, C. subdiscors, C. tchichatcheffi, C. tella, C. tjaringinensis, C. nipponensis, C. nipponensis, C. labnae, C. spinulosa, C. capanemensis, C. concinnatus, C. daidela, C. gibbus, C. imitata, C. tetristriata, C. nipponensis, C. ambigua, C. asperrima, C. beringiana, C. biarritzensis, C. biarritzensis, C. breviaurita, C. callimorpha, C. capensis, C. chiplonkari, C. crocus, C. dispar, C. farreri, C. favrii, C. halaensis, C. halimensis, C. hastata, C. infumata, C. parisiensis, C. parisiensis, C. proximus, C. rajnathi, C. sentris, C. subarticulatus, C. subdiscors, C. subtextoria, C. thalera, C. transdanubialis, C. viminea, C. plica, C. bifrons, C. bifrons, C. flexuosa, C. glabra, C. inaequicostalis, C. posthuma, C. scissa, C. minblaki, C. tanassevitchi, C. desultoria, C. pollux, C. septemplicata, C. burnetti, C. marionensis, C. nicholsi, C. latissima, C. latissima, C. tournali, C. fasciculata, C. fasiculata, C. jakloweciana, C. linguafelis, C. pesfelis, C. incerta, C. sakitoensis, C. epiensis, C. forelandensis, C. vezzanensis, C. princeps, C. anteamsolarioides, C. chipolanus, C. choctawhatcheensis, C. comparilis, C. concinnatus, C. demirugus, C. eboreus, C. eboreus, C. irremotis, C. broilii, C. egidiivenantii, C. fassaensis, C. paronai, C. rotai, C. schroeteri, C. squamula, C. mississippensis, C. inaequicostata, C. moondanensis, C. cosibensis, C. merklini, Pecten ataensis, Pecten bellhamellatus, Pecten buchivacoanus, Pecten digitalinus, Pecten elegans, Pecten gloriamarius, Pecten hastatus, Pecten historicus, Pecten inflexus, Pecten irregularis, Pecten laetus, Pecten longolaevis, Pecten membranosus, Pecten nausorensis, Pecten nicholsi, Pecten raulinia, Pecten sayanus, Pecten senatorius, Pecten tauroperstriatus, Pecten tauroperstriatus
Entered
by M. Krause (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2017-07-14; modified by J. Marcot on 2025-06-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Chlamys (Chlamys) trinitiensis MacNeil p. 20 figs. Plate 8. figures 6, 10-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
tribeChlamydinivon Teppner 1922
genusChlamysRöding 1798
subgenusChlamysRoding 1798
speciestrinitiensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available