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
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 (3), Belgium (3), 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), New Zealand (4)
• Eocene of Australia (6)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 124 collections including 128 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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