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Chlamys branneri

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Chlamys) branneri was named by Arnold (1906). Its type specimen is CAS 358, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tuff Hill, Stanford University, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Pecten (Chlamys) branneri Arnold pp. 55-67 figs. pl. 3, figs. 9-11
1984Chlamys branneri Moore pp. B19 - B20 figs. Plate 4, figure l

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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
speciesbranneri()

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 branneri Arnold 1906
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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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (California) Pecten branneri (71184)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Pecten branneri (207024)