Talochlamys Iredale 1929 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Parent taxon: Chlamydini according to A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh 2001

See also Robinson and Lee 2011 and Spencer et al. 2004

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

Subtaxa: Talochlamys badioriva Talochlamys consociata Talochlamys dichroa Talochlamys eyrei Talochlamys famigerator Talochlamys gemmulata Talochlamys keiloriana Talochlamys laticostata Talochlamys multilamellata Talochlamys multistriata Talochlamys pulleiniana Talochlamys pusio Talochlamys williamsoni Talochlamys zelandiae

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Type: Chlamys famigerator

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (1), Ireland (1), Italy (3), New Zealand (1), Portugal (2)

• Pliocene of Algeria (1), Belgium (6), Greece (7), Italy (1), Portugal (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (7)

• Miocene of Algeria (13), Australia (9), Austria (1), Bulgaria (5), Egypt (1), France (1), Greece (2), Iran (2), Italy (6), Madagascar (1), Moldova (4), Morocco (7), New Zealand (2), Poland (7), Romania (10), Slovakia (2), Somalia (2), Spain (3)

• Oligocene of Australia (2), Bulgaria (1), New Zealand (4)

• Eocene of Australia (6)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 126 collections including 130 occurrences

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