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Chlamys calkinsi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Chlamys) calkinsi was named by Arnold (1906). Its type specimen is UCMP 12076, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sisar Valley, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Chlamys calkinsi by Moore (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Pecten (Chlamys) calkinsi Arnold p. 51 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1, 2
1984Chlamys calkinsi Moore p. B19 figs. Piate 3, figure 12

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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
speciescalkinsi()

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 calkinsi Arnold 1906
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Diagnosis
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