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Chlamys (Chlamys) varia

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea varia was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Europe.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pecten varius by Wood (1850) and Jeffreys (1864); it was recombined as Chlamys varia by Henriques da Silva (1956) and Dermitzakis and Georgiades-Dikeoulia (1987); it was recombined as Chlamys (Chlamys) varia by Hendy (2007).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea varia Linnaeus
1850Pecten varius Wood p. 41
1864Pecten varius Jeffreys p. 54
1956Chlamys varia Henriques da Silva p. 32 figs. Pl 1, fig 9
1987Chlamys varia Dermitzakis and Georgiades-Dikeoulia
2007Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Hendy

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

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
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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sao Tome and Principe Chlamys varia (241058)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Madagascar Pecten varius (55830)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Moldova Chlamys varia (78650)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Chlamys varia (72246)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Chlamys varia (72305)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Madagascar Pecten varius (51586)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Chlamys varia (72310)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sardinia) Chlamys varia (84304)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Chlamys varia (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Chlamys varia (72318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Chlamys varia (72303)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Spain Chlamys varia (71144)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece Chlamys varia (72414 72415)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Chlamys varia (178117)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Quaternary3.6 - 0.0Spain Chlamys varia (147805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Chlamys varia (50523)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Chlamys varia (78312)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Chlamys varia (77008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Chlamys varia (127581)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Chlamys varia (178118)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Chlamys varia (127572)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Chlamys varia (98196 98199 98205)