Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Chlamys) senatoria, Chlamys (Chlamys) senatorius, Chlamys senatoria, Chlamys senatorius, Ostrea senatoria, Ostrea senatorius, Pecten (Chlamys) senatorius
Belongs to Mimachlamys according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
Sister taxa: Mimachlamys albolineatus, Mimachlamys angelonii, Mimachlamys asperrima, Mimachlamys asperrimoides, Mimachlamys australis, Mimachlamys blowi, Mimachlamys famigerator, Mimachlamys funebris, Mimachlamys gloriosa, Mimachlamys kaneharai, Mimachlamys lentiginosa, Mimachlamys meisensis, Mimachlamys nobilis, Mimachlamys plebeia, Mimachlamys reconditus, Mimachlamys scabricostata, Mimachlamys singaporinus, Mimachlamys sturtiana, Mimachlamys vokesorum
Subtaxa: Pecten (Chlamys) senatorius soomrowensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder