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Chlamys
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Pectinidae (scallop family)
Subfamily:
Chlamys group
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Chlamys RÖDING, 1798 [non KOCH, 1801]
Type Species:
Pecten islandicus Müller, 1776, SD HERRMANNSEN, 1847
Images
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Fig. C78, 7. *C. (A.) opercularis (Linné), Rec., France, RV ext., X0.7 (Chenu, 1844), Fig. C 78,2. *C. (A.) anatipes (Morton), Oligo. (Vicksburg F.), USA(Miss.), 2a, LV ext., X1 (Cooke, 1926), 2b, RV ext., X2 (802)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
251.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Higher than long or rounded, commonly somewhat oblique, LV usually more convex but in some species valves nearly equally convex, auricles clearly delimited, usually large, byssal notch large, ctenolium usually present, sculpture of radial (usually stronger) and concentric elements, with scalelike spines commonly developed at their junctions, especially on LV but some shells nearly smooth, interspaces of many forms with intercalaries in adult, margin usually scalloped, cardinal crura variable in number and size.
References
Röding, P. F., 1798, Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten, M.D.p.d., Pars Secunda: viii +119 p., Typis Johan Christi Trapii (Hamburg).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Pectinidae (scallop family)
Subfamily:
Chlamys group
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Chlamys RÖDING, 1798 [non KOCH, 1801]
Type Species:
Pecten islandicus Müller, 1776, SD HERRMANNSEN, 1847
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C78, 7. *C. (A.) opercularis (Linné), Rec., France, RV ext., X0.7 (Chenu, 1844), Fig. C 78,2. *C. (A.) anatipes (Morton), Oligo. (Vicksburg F.), USA(Miss.), 2a, LV ext., X1 (Cooke, 1926), 2b, RV ext., X2 (802)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
251.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Higher than long or rounded, commonly somewhat oblique, LV usually more convex but in some species valves nearly equally convex, auricles clearly delimited, usually large, byssal notch large, ctenolium usually present, sculpture of radial (usually stronger) and concentric elements, with scalelike spines commonly developed at their junctions, especially on LV but some shells nearly smooth, interspaces of many forms with intercalaries in adult, margin usually scalloped, cardinal crura variable in number and size.
References
Röding, P. F., 1798, Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten, M.D.p.d., Pars Secunda: viii +119 p., Typis Johan Christi Trapii (Hamburg).