Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1919. Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington 105-156
Belongs to Pecten (Chlamys) according to C. W. Cooke 1919
Sister taxa: Chlamys (Anatipopecten), Chlamys (Azumapecten), Chlamys (Camptochlamys), Chlamys (Camptonectes), Chlamys (Chlamys), Chlamys (Leochlamys), Chlamys (Radulopecten), Chlamys (Scaeochlamys), Chlamys (Swiftopecten), Chlamys angsanana, Chlamys antiaustralis, Chlamys ashiyaensis, Chlamys asper, Chlamys asperrimus, Chlamys bellicostata, Chlamys biarritzensis, Chlamys biddleana, Chlamys bifrons, Chlamys cacawensis, Chlamys caillaudi, Chlamys carinata, Chlamys choctavensis, Chlamys cinnabarina, Chlamys clarkeana, Chlamys cookei, Chlamys corteziana, Chlamys curvivarians, Chlamys cushmani, Chlamys decemnarius, Chlamys decussata, Chlamys deshayesii, Chlamys dringi, Chlamys eupatagonicus, Chlamys exaratus, Chlamys feddeni, Chlamys fenestratus, Chlamys funebris, Chlamys hupeanus, Chlamys indecisa, Chlamys ingeniosa, Chlamys jamviniensis, Chlamys kebolintangensis, Chlamys kotorana, Chlamys kumanodoensis, Chlamys lentiginosa, Chlamys lowei, Chlamys matchgarensis, Chlamys menkrawitensis, Chlamys mercuria, Chlamys miurensis, Chlamys nupera, Chlamys peroni, Chlamys picta, Chlamys portoricoensis, Chlamys praenuncius, Chlamys sanguinolenta, Chlamys scabrellus, Chlamys seymouri, Chlamys shitakaraensis, Chlamys sokolovi, Chlamys solea, Chlamys splendens, Chlamys squamosa, Chlamys subulata, Chlamys talahabensis, Chlamys tamurae, Chlamys tenuicostatus, Chlamys titirangiensis, Chlamys tjaringinensis, Chlamys wahtubbeana, Pecten (Chlamys) alexandri, Pecten (Chlamys) articulatus, Pecten (Chlamys) caloosensis, Pecten (Chlamys) eboreus, Pecten (Chlamys) erlangeri, Pecten (Chlamys) prototranquebaricus, Pecten (Chlamys) rogersii, Pecten (Chlamys) santamaria, Pecten (Chlamys) satoi, Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriaus, Pecten (Chlamys) thompsoni
Type specimen: USNM 167121, a shell. Its type locality is USNM 3440, which is in a Miocene coastal marl in Cuba.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Average measurements (in mm): shell 32.3 x 29.0