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Chlamys corteziana

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy

Chlamys corteziana was named by Durham (1950). Its type specimen is UCMP 30564, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

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

Year	Name and author
1950	Chlamys corteziana Durham pp. 64-65 figs. pl. 10, figs. 2, 3, 6
1984	Chlamys corteziana Moore p. B22 figs. Plate 5, figure 5
2008	Chlamys corteziana Powell p. 11

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Pectinidina	(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamily	Pectinoidea	Rafinesque 1815
—	Pectinoidae	Rafinesque 1815
family	Pectinidae	Wilkes 1810
genus	Chlamys	Röding 1798
species	corteziana	Durham 1950

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 corteziana Durham 1950

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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: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Mexico (Baja California Sur)	Chlamys corteziana (44031)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	USA (California)	Chlamys corteziana (96549) Pecten sanctiludovici (96545)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Mexico (Baja)	Chlamys corteziana (66170 66174)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Mexico (Baja California)	Chlamys corteziana (96587)