Laevichlamys Waller 1993 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Full reference: T.R. Waller. 1993. The evolution of "Chlamys" (Mollusca: Bivalva: Pectinidae) in the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin 10(2):195-249

Parent taxon: Chlamydini according to T.R. Waller 1993

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Abrachlamys, Austrochlamys, Austrohinnites, Dichotochlamys, Equichlamys, Leoclunipecten, Notochlamys, Ruthipecten, Serripecten, Talochlamys, Veprichlamys, Zygochlamys

Subtaxa: Laevichlamys irregularis Laevichlamys lauensis Laevichlamys lemniscatus Laevichlamys limatulus Laevichlamys mollitus Laevichlamys multisquamata Laevichlamys ruschenbergeri Laevichlamys shirahamaensis Laevichlamys squamosa Laevichlamys wilhelminae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Haiti (1 collection), Japan (3)

• Pliocene of Fiji (2), Japan (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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