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Chlamys (Aequipecten) glendonensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Chlamys (Aequipecten) glendonensis was named by Mansfield (1940). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glendon, north, which is in an Oligocene marine limestone in the Chickasawhay Formation of Alabama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Aequipecten circularis, Aequipecten insuetus, Aequipecten intercedens, Aequipecten liberata, Aequipecten palinurus, Aequipecten seniensis, Aequipecten subarmatus, Aequipecten subfibrosus, Aequipecten validus, Aequipecten maturensis, 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 arachnoideus, Pecten kikaiensis, Pecten northamptoni, Pecten bellhamellatus, Pecten nicholsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Chlamys (Aequipecten) glendonensis Mansfield p. 182

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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
subfamilyChlamydinaevon Teppner 1922
genusChlamysFischer 1886
subgenusAequipecten
speciesglendonensis

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 calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 08:17:08
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:17:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Hemphillian or 33.90000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Chlamys glendonensis (205613)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Chlamys glendonensis (155962 155965)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Alabama) Chlamys glendonensis (type locality: 205804)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Maranhao) Chlamys glendonensis (112596 112598)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Chama glendonensis (65162)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Alabama) Chlamys glendonensis (89608)