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Chlamys miurensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten miurensis was named by Yokoyama (1920) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Japan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Chlamys miurensis by Hatai and Nisiyama (1952), Tomida and Nakamura (2001).

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. 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. fasciculata, C. fasiculata, C. favrii, C. ferniensis, C. fibrosus, C. filiformis, 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. inaequialternans, 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. 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. 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. 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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Pecten miurensis Yokoyama p. 157 figs. pl. 12, figs. 2-6
1952Chlamys miurensis Hatai and Nisiyama
2001Chlamys miurensis Tomida and Nakamura p. 220

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusChlamysRöding 1798
speciesmiurensis(Yokoyama 1920)

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.

Chlamys miurensis Yokoyama 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:06:05
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:19:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan Chlamys miurensis (71048 71049)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Chlamys miurensis (161784 161785)