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Chlamys choctavensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Pecten choctavensis Aldrich p. 16 figs. pl. 5, fig. 7
1965Chlamys choctavensis Palmer and Brann p. 82

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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
specieschoctavensis(Aldrich 1895)

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 choctavensis Aldrich 1895
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 56.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Georgia) Chlamys choctavensis (80789)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Chlamys choctavensis (80764 80766 80776 80779 80785 80787 80792 90040 92269 92375 97454)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Chlamys choctavensis (91117 92170 99281)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) Chlamys choctavensis (90029 100148)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Chlamys choctavensis (92642)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Virginia) Pecten choctavensis (61289)