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Pecten (Chlamys) waylandi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Chlamys) waylandi was named by Cooke (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene-Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 167121, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM 3440, which is in a Miocene coastal marl in Cuba.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Chlamys ambigua, Chlamys austriatus, Chlamys balatonicus, Chlamys bavarica, Chlamys burlesonensis, Chlamys cawcawensis, Chlamys chathamensis, Chlamys cocoana, Chlamys compitum, Chlamys coquimbensis, Chlamys cossmanni, Chlamys decorata, Chlamys dewalquei, Chlamys discor, Chlamys discors, Chlamys falgeri, Chlamys ferniensis, Chlamys glabra, Chlamys gracilisquamosa, Chlamys guerangeri, Chlamys hinnitiformis, Chlamys hopkinsi, Chlamys interpunctata, Chlamys jamensis, Chlamys jamviensis, Chlamys jinvalensis, Chlamys laurae, Chlamys liveoakensis, Chlamys luciensis, Chlamys matapwaensis, Chlamys michellesmithi, Chlamys multiformis, Chlamys pertinax, Chlamys proprius, Chlamys riggsi, Chlamys s., Chlamys salamanca, Chlamys scrabrellus, Chlamys senatrius, Chlamys septemplicatus, Chlamys simpsoni, Chlamys subaequicostata, Chlamys subalternicostatus, Chlamys subequicostatus, Chlamys subliliemensis, Chlamys subtextoria, Chlamys subulatae, Chlamys subvacaensis, Chlamys tauroperstriata, Chlamys textroia, Chlamys townsendi, Chlamys tullbergi, Chlamys turomtchensis, Chlamys vaughani, Chlamys vaun, Chlamys vaunwythei, Chlamys venustula, Chlamys vidali, Chlamys viminea, Chlamys vodopadnyensis, Chlamys wahtubbeanus, Chlamys arachnoideus, Chlamys flabellum, Chlamys judaica, Chlamys perrugosa, Chlamys nipponensis, Chlamys spinulosa, Chlamys concinnatus, Chlamys nipponensis, Chlamys crocus, Chlamys proximus, Chlamys subarticulatus, Chlamys transdanubialis, Chlamys burnetti, Chlamys nicholsi, Chlamys sakitoensis, Chlamys broilii, Chlamys fassaensis, Chlamys paronai, Chlamys schroeteri, P. acanikos, P. arachnoideus, P. bagualensis, P. benedictus, P. biddeleana, P. cererideditus, P. chathamensis, P. convexior, P. costellorum, P. daudeleus, P. dutrugei, P. fuschi, P. glyptus, P. laevicostatus, P. lenzi, P. nummularis, P. paulensis, P. radula, P. spitzbergensis, P. tournali, P. validus, P. arachnoideus, P. kikaiensis, P. northamptoni, P. cavanus, P. bellhamellatus, P. nicholsi, P. quotidianus, P. bosniascki, P. serviceus, P. condylomaius, P. jeffersonius, P. byramensis, P. santaecruzensis, P. evergladensis, P. concentricum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Pecten (Chlamys) waylandi Cooke p. 131 figs. pl. 7, fig. 4

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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
genusPectenRöding 1798
subgenusChlamys
specieswaylandi

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 Chattian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 28.10000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Pecten waylandi (52362 52376)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Pecten waylandi (type locality: 75306)