Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Synonym: Microchlamys Sobetski 1977 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Palliolinae according to T. R. Waller 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Adamussiini, Eburneopectinini, Lissochlamys, Mesopeplini, Palliolini, Palliolum, Pseudamussium, Pseudentoliini, Serripectinini, Hemipecten
Subtaxa: Dhondtichlamys delawarensis Dhondtichlamys greggi Dhondtichlamys johnsoni Dhondtichlamys pulchellus
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), United States (18: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (3), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (4), India (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (18: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 73 collections including 102 occurrences
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