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Chlamys badenpowelli

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Chlamys badenpowelli was named by Weir (1929) [Spelled by authors as Chlamys baden-powelli]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rukesa (Middle Muddy Limestone), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Daua Limestone Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Chlamys badenpowelli Weir p. 24 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 36

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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
speciesbadenpowelli

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 badenpowelli Weir 1929
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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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Oxfordian or 157.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian157.3 - 157.3Kenya Chlamys badenpowelli (type locality: 161809)