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Chlamys

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Chlamys was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis R Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. It is extant. Its type is Chlamys cinnabarina.

It was reranked as Pecten (Chlamys) by Glenn (1904), Arnold (1906), Clark and Arnold (1923), Oldroyd (1925), Nagao (1928), Vredenburg (1928), Oostingh (1935), Mansfield (1936), Willett (1937), Durham (1944), Ladd and Hoffmeister (1945), Heering (1950) and da Silva Forti (1969).

It was assigned to Pecten by Glenn (1904), Arnold (1906), Clark and Arnold (1923), Oldroyd (1925), Nagao (1928), Vredenburg (1928), Oostingh (1935), Mansfield (1936), Willett (1937), Durham (1944), Ladd and Hoffmeister (1945), Heering (1950) and da Silva Forti (1969); to Chlamydini by Coan et al. (2000); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pectinidae by Mukerjee (1939), Gardner (1943), DuBar (1958), Faustman (1964), Marasti (1973), Wozny (1977), Dockery (1982), Moore (1984), Gibson (1987), Maxwell (1992), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1995), Islamoglu and Taner (1995), Stilwell (1998), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999), Todd (2001), Kiessling (2003) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014); and to Chlamydinae by Woodring (1982), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), del Rio (1992), Matsubara (2002), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Morales-Ortega et al. (2016).

Species
C. (Anatipopecten), C. (Azumapecten), C. (Camptochlamys), C. (Camptonectes), C. (Chlamys), C. (Kaparachlamys), C. (Leochlamys), C. (Mimachlamys), C. (Mixtipecten), C. (Miyagipecten), C. (Pethopecten), C. (Phialopecten), C. (Radulopecten), C. (Scaeochlamys), C. (Swiftopecten), C. alockamanensis, C. anapleus, C. angsanana, C. antiaustralis, C. archiaciana (syn. Pecten archiacianus), C. ashiyaensis, C. asperrimus, C. badenpowelli, C. bartschi, C. behringiana, C. bellicostata, C. biarritzensis, C. biddleana, C. bifrons, C. branneri, C. cacawensis, C. caillaudi, C. calkinsi, C. carinata, C. choctavensis, C. cinnabarina (type species), C. clarkeana, C. cookei, C. cornwalli, C. corteziana, C. cowlitzensis, C. curvivarians, C. cushmani, C. decemnarius, C. decussata, C. dentata, C. deshayesii, C. donmilleri, C. dringi, C. egregius, C. elongata, C. enfieldensis, C. eupatagonicus, C. exaratus, C. faujasi, C. feddeni, C. fenestratus, C. funebris, C. goldfussi, C. grossouvrei, C. grunskyi, C. hastata (syn. Pecten altiplicatus, Pecten (Chlamys) lawsoni, Pecten newcombi, C. pugetensis, Pecten (Chlamys) hericeus, Pecten altiplectus, C. herica), C. hertleini, C. hodgei, C. hupeanus, C. indecisa, C. ingeniosa, C. jamviniensis, C. janiroides, C. jordani, C. kakanuia, C. kebolintangensis, C. kotaklensis, C. kotorana, C. kumanodoensis, C. landesi, C. lentiginosa, C. lowei, C. matchgarensis, C. mediacostata, C. menkrawitensis, C. mercuria, C. milvus, C. miurensis, C. mojsisovicsi, C. nisataiensis, C. nupera, C. nuwokensis, C. opuntia, C. palmyrensis, C. peroni, C. picta, C. portoricoensis, C. praenuncius, C. proavus, C. reticulata, C. rollei, C. rubida (syn. C. picoensis, Pecten kincaidi, C. durhami, Pecten hindsii, Pecten (Chlamys) venturaensis, Pecten (Chlamys) jordani), C. ruschenbergerii, C. sanctiludovici, C. sanguinolenta, C. santamaria, C. scabrellus, C. sespeensis, C. sespensis, C. seymouri, C. shitakaraensis, C. sokolovi, C. solea, C. splendens, C. squamosa, C. subacuta (syn. Pecten acuminatus), C. substriata, C. talahabensis, C. tamurae, C. tenuicostatus, C. textoria, C. titirangiensis, C. tjaringinensis, C. wahtubbeana, C. washburnei, Pecten (Chlamys) alexandri, Pecten (Chlamys) articulatus, Pecten (Chlamys) caloosensis, Pecten (Chlamys) coronatiformis, Pecten (Chlamys) desiderii, Pecten (Chlamys) eboreus, Pecten (Chlamys) erlangeri, Pecten (Chlamys) prototranquebaricus, Pecten (Chlamys) risti, Pecten (Chlamys) rogersii, Pecten (Chlamys) rothpletzi, Pecten (Chlamys) sakitoensis, Pecten (Chlamys) satoi, Pecten (Chlamys) scutella, Pecten (Chlamys) subalpinus, Pecten (Chlamys) subdextilis, Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriaus, Pecten (Chlamys) thompsoni, Pecten (Chlamys) wautubbeanus, Pecten (Chlamys) waylandi, Pecten (Chlamys) yneziana
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. ambigua, C. arachnoideus, C. austriatus, C. balatonicus, C. bavarica, C. broilii, C. burlesonensis, C. burnetti, C. cawcawensis, C. chathamensis, C. cocoana, C. compitum, C. concinnatus, C. coquimbensis, C. cossmanni, C. crocus, C. decorata, C. dewalquei, C. discor, C. discors, C. falgeri, C. fassaensis, C. ferniensis, C. flabellum, C. glabra, C. gracilisquamosa, C. guerangeri, C. hinnitiformis, C. hopkinsi, C. interpunctata, C. jamensis, C. jamviensis, C. jinvalensis, C. judaica, C. laurae, C. liveoakensis, C. luciensis, C. matapwaensis, C. michellesmithi, C. multiformis, C. nicholsi, C. nipponensis, C. nipponensis, C. paronai, C. perrugosa, C. pertinax, C. proprius, C. proximus, C. riggsi, C. s., C. sakitoensis, C. salamanca, C. schroeteri, C. scrabrellus, C. senatrius, C. septemplicatus, C. simpsoni, C. spinulosa, C. subaequicostata, C. subalternicostatus, C. subarticulatus, C. subequicostatus, C. subliliemensis, C. subtextoria, C. subulatae, C. subvacaensis, C. tauroperstriata, C. textroia, C. townsendi, C. transdanubialis, C. tullbergi, C. turomtchensis, C. vaughani, C. vaun, C. vaunwythei, C. venustula, C. vidali, C. viminea, C. vodopadnyensis, C. wahtubbeanus, Pecten bellhamellatus, Pecten nicholsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Chlamys Röding
1904Pecten (Chlamys) Glenn p. 374
1906Pecten (Chlamys) Arnold p. 49
1923Pecten (Chlamys) Clark and Arnold p. 140
1925Pecten (Chlamys) Oldroyd p. 3
1928Pecten (Chlamys) Nagao p. 37
1928Pecten (Chlamys) Vredenburg p. 431
1935Pecten (Chlamys) Oostingh p. 151
1936Pecten (Chlamys) Mansfield pp. 186-187 figs. Plate 22, Figs. 1-3
1937Pecten (Chlamys) Willett p. 387
1939Chlamys Mukerjee p. 31
1943Chlamys Gardner p. 31
1944Pecten (Chlamys) Durham p. 138
1945Pecten (Chlamys) Ladd and Hoffmeister
1950Pecten (Chlamys) Heering p. 46
1958Chlamys DuBar p. 158
1964Chlamys Faustman p. 115
1969Pecten (Chlamys) da Silva Forti p. 73
1973Chlamys Marasti p. 101
1977Chlamys Wozny p. 99
1982Chlamys Dockery p. 42
1982Chlamys Woodring p. 589
1984Chlamys Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 96
1984Chlamys Moore p. B18
1987Chlamys Gibson p. 65
1992Chlamys Lamprell and Whitehead p. 18
1992Chlamys Maxwell p. 64
1992Chlamys del Rio p. 25
1995Chlamys Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 52
1995Chlamys Islamoglu and Taner p. 156
1998Chlamys Stilwell p. 43
1999Chlamys Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 24
2000Chlamys Coan et al. p. 229
2001Chlamys Todd
2002Chlamys Matsubara p. 137
2002Chlamys Sepkoski
2003Chlamys Kiessling
2010Chlamys Bouchet et al.
2014Chlamys Ros-Franch et al.
2016Chlamys Morales-Ortega et al. p. 13

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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

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.

G. Chlamys Röding 1798
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Subg. †Chlamys (Anatipopecten) Hertlein 1936
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†Anatipopecten anatipes Morton 1833
Subg. †Chlamys (Camptochlamys) Arkell 1930
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Subg. †Chlamys (Camptonectes) Cossmann 1900
Subg. Chlamys (Chlamys) Roding 1798
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†Chlamys (Chlamys) albida Arnold 1906
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Invalid names: Chlamys (Chlamys) wainwrightensis MacNeil 1967 [synonym], Chlamys hanaishiensis Masuda 1962 [synonym]
†Chlamys (Chlamys) anscutella Bychkov et al. 1976
†Chlamys (Chlamys) coatsi MacNeil 1967
†Chlamys (Chlamys) ermanensis Sinelnikova 1975
†Chlamys (Chlamys) etolonensis Sinelnikova 1990
†Chlamys (Chlamys) gackhense Kristofovich and Ilyina 1963
†Chlamys (Chlamys) harmeri Regteren Altena 1937
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Invalid names: Pecten striatus Müller 1776 [synonym]
†Chlamys (Chlamys) iljinensis Sinelnikova 1990
†Chlamys (Chlamys) iwriensis Sinelnikova 1990
†Chlamys (Chlamys) kavranensis Sinelnikova 1975
†Chlamys (Chlamys) miyatokoensis Nomura and Hatai 1937
†Chlamys (Chlamys) nenkalensis Bychkov et al. 1976
†Chlamys (Chlamys) otukae Masuda and Sawada 1961
†Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudohastata Sinelnikova 1975
†Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudolioica Sinelnikova 1975
Subg. Chlamys (Leochlamys) MacNeil 1967
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Invalid names: Chlamys (Leochlamys) daishakaensis Masuda and Sawada 1961 [synonym]
†Leochlamys columbiana Clark and Arnold 1923
†Leochlamys erici Wiedey 1928
Subg. Chlamys (Mimachlamys) Iredale 1929
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†Mimachlamys angelonii de Stefani and Pantanelli 1880
Mimachlamys asperrima Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Chlamys australis Sowerby 1842 [synonym]
†Mimachlamys australis Sowerby 1842
†Mimachlamys blowi Waller 2011
†Mimachlamys canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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Invalid names: Pecten hodgii Hubbard 1920 [synonym]
†Mimachlamys cretosa Defrance 1822
†Mimachlamys denticulata Hagenow 1842
†Mimachlamys famigerator Iredale 1925
†Mimachlamys funebris Reeve 1853
†Mimachlamys gloriosa Reeve 1853
†Mimachlamys henrici Dhondt 1973
†Mimachlamys kaneharai Yokoyama 1926
†Mimachlamys mantelliana Orbigny 1847
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Invalid names: Pecten concentricus Woodward 1833 [synonym]
†Mimachlamys meisensis Makiyama 1926
†Mimachlamys plebeia Lamarck 1806
†Mimachlamys reconditus Solander 1766
†Mimachlamys robinaldina Orbigny 1847
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Invalid names: Pecten (Chlamys) hispidus Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Pecten hispidus Goldfuss 1849 [synonym]
†Mimachlamys scabricostata Sowerby 1915
†Mimachlamys sturtiana Tate 1886
†Mimachlamys undulata Nilsson 1827
†Mimachlamys vokesorum Waller 2011
Subg. †Chlamys (Mixtipecten) Marwick 1928
Subg. †Chlamys (Miyagipecten) Masuda 1952
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†Miyagipecten alaskensis MacNeil 1967
Subg. †Chlamys (Pethopecten) Hertlein 1936
Subg. †Chlamys (Radulopecten) Rollier 1911
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†Chlamys (Radulopecten) hemicostata Morris and Lycett 1853
Subg. Chlamys (Swiftopecten) Hertlein 1935
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Invalid names: Chlamys swiftii Bernardi 1858 [synonym]
†Swiftopecten hamlini Arnold 1906
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Invalid names: Pecten (Chlamys) wattsi Arnold 1906 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pecten (Chlamys) wattsi morani Arnold 1906 [synonym]
†Chlamys alockamanensis Weaver 1912
†Chlamys anapleus Woodring 1946
†Chlamys angsanana Martin 1922
†Chlamys antiaustralis Tate 1886
†Chlamys archiaciana Orbigny 1847
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Invalid names: Pecten archiacianus Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
†Chlamys ashiyaensis Nagao 1928
Chlamys asperrimus Lamarck 1819
†Chlamys badenpowelli Weir 1929
†Chlamys bartschi Arnold 1906
†Chlamys bellicostata Wood 1861
†Chlamys biarritzensis d'Archiac 1846
†Chlamys biddleana Kellum 1926
†Chlamys branneri Arnold 1906
†Chlamys cacawensis Harris 1919
†Chlamys caillaudi Oppenheim 1903
†Chlamys calkinsi Arnold 1906
†Chlamys carinata Sowerby 1828
†Chlamys choctavensis Aldrich 1895
Chlamys cinnabarina Bolten 1798
†Chlamys clarkeana Aldrich 1895
†Chlamys cookei Kellum 1926
†Chlamys cornwalli Clark and Arnold 1923
†Chlamys corteziana Durham 1950
†Chlamys cowlitzensis Weaver 1912
†Chlamys curvivarians Dietrich 1933
†Chlamys cushmani Kellum 1926
†Chlamys decemnarius Conrad 1834
†Chlamys decussata Deshayes 1858
†Chlamys dentata Nilsson 1827
†Chlamys deshayesii Lea 1833
†Chlamys donmilleri MacNeil 1967
†Chlamys egregius Nomland 1917
†Chlamys elongata Lamarck 1819
†Chlamys enfieldensis Marwick 1926
†Chlamys eupatagonicus Ihering 1907
†Chlamys exaratus Martin 1879
†Chlamys faujasi Defrance 1825
†Chlamys feddeni Vredenburg 1928
†Chlamys fenestratus Martin 1883
†Chlamys goldfussi Deshayes 1843
†Chlamys grossouvrei Cossmann 1907
†Chlamys grunskyi Hertlein 1929
Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842
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Invalid names: Chlamys herica Gould 1850 [synonym], Chlamys pugetensis Oldroyd 1920 [synonym], Pecten (Chlamys) hericeus Carpenter 1887 [synonym], Pecten (Chlamys) lawsoni Arnold 1906 [synonym], Pecten altiplectus Conrad 1856 [synonym], Pecten altiplicatus Conrad 1857 [synonym], Pecten newcombi Oldroyd 1938 [synonym]
†Chlamys hertleini Loel and Corey 1932
†Chlamys hodgei Hertlein 1925
†Chlamys hupeanus Philippi 1887
†Chlamys indecisa Dall 1898
†Chlamys ingeniosa Yokoyama 1929
†Chlamys janiroides Cossmann 1907
†Chlamys jordani Arnold 1903
†Chlamys kakanuia Marwick 1956
†Chlamys kebolintangensis Martin 1909
†Chlamys kotaklensis Hayami 1957
†Chlamys kotorana Otuka 1934
†Chlamys kumanodoensis Masuda 1953
†Chlamys landesi Arnold 1906
Chlamys lowei Hertlein 1932
†Chlamys matchgarensis Makiyama 1934
†Chlamys mediacostata Hanna 1926
†Chlamys menkrawitensis Beets 1941
†Chlamys mercuria Marwick 1928
†Chlamys milvus Cox 1928
†Chlamys miurensis Yokoyama 1920
†Chlamys mojsisovicsi Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1949
†Chlamys nisataiensis Otuka 1935
†Chlamys nupera Conrad 1854
Chlamys nuwokensis MacNeil 1957
†Chlamys opuntia Dall 1898
†Chlamys palmyrensis Krumbeck 1905
†Chlamys peroni Tate 1886
†Chlamys picta Fritel 1910
†Chlamys portoricoensis Hubbard 1920
†Chlamys praenuncius Ihering 1897
†Chlamys proavus Arnold 1906
†Chlamys reticulata Schlotheim 1813
†Chlamys rollei Stoliczka 1861
Chlamys rubida Hinds 1845
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Invalid names: Chlamys durhami Adegoke 1969 [synonym], Chlamys picoensis Waterfall 1929 [synonym], Pecten (Chlamys) jordani Arnold 1903 [synonym], Pecten (Chlamys) venturaensis Waterfall 1929 [synonym], Pecten hindsii Carpenter 1864 [synonym], Pecten kincaidi Oldroyd 1920 [synonym]
†Chlamys sanctiludovici Anderson and Martin 1914
†Chlamys sanguinolenta Gmelin 1791
†Chlamys santamaria Mansfield 1936
†Chlamys scabrellus Lamarck 1819
†Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906
†Chlamys sespeensis hydei Arnold 1906
†Chlamys sespensis Arnold 1906
†Chlamys seymouri Marwick 1928
†Chlamys shitakaraensis Honda 1980
†Chlamys sokolovi Kluschnikov 1958
†Chlamys solea Deshayes 1824
†Chlamys splendens Dollfus 1863
Chlamys squamosa Gmelin 1791
†Chlamys subacuta Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Pecten acuminatus Geinitz 1845 [synonym]
†Chlamys substriata Roemer 1835
†Chlamys talahabensis Martin 1922
Chlamys tamurae Masuda and Sawada 1961
†Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820
†Chlamys titirangiensis Marwick 1928
†Chlamys tjaringinensis Martin 1909
†Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898
†Chlamys washburnei Arnold 1906
†Pecten (Chlamys) alexandri Vredenburg 1928
†Pecten (Chlamys) caloosensis Mansfield 1939
†Pecten (Chlamys) eboreus Mansfield 1936
†Pecten (Chlamys) risti Anderson 1945
†Pecten (Chlamys) rothpletzi Krumbeck 1924
†Pecten (Chlamys) satoi Yokoyama 1928
†Pecten (Chlamys) scutella Hoernes 1900
†Pecten (Chlamys) thompsoni Stoyanow 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height345.819.184.359.632.9
valve height249.664.5049.58.2010.2

Composition: low Mg calciteg
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP, IM/SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Holocene or 264.28000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 259.51 Ma

Collections (2457 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Malaysia C. sp. (42734)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Guangxi) C. sp. (121138)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) C. sp. (63038 63039 63143)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Jordan (Janoobiah) C. reticulata (201986)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation C. anscutella (124673 124674)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Pecten reticulatus (203346)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China C. spp. (44730)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Qinghai) C. interstriatus (101044) C. subalternicostata, C. schroeteri (101043)
Bithynian - Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Bulgaria C. schroeteri (44917)
Anisian - Sinemurian247.2 - 190.8Chile (Huasco) C. sp. (223232)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Slovakia C. sp. (44353)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Bulgaria C. schroeteri (44919) C. sp. (44918)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Sichuan) C. sp. (25401)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain (Alicante) C. sp. (202235 202236 202240)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Thailand C. sp. (34566)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Spain C. sp. (185126) C. subequicostatus, C. sp. (201966 201967)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Pecten desiderii (203197 203198 203199 203210 203276)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary C. deckei (70800) C. decorata, C. subalternicostatus (70797)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Fukui) C. mojsisovicsi (39564)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Russian Federation C. vodopadnyensis (39329)