Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative spelling: Chlamys (Mimachlamys)
Parent taxon: Chlamydinae according to J. A. Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Aequipecten, Crassadoma, Cryptopecten, Hilberia, Psychrochlamys, Semipallium, Janopecten, Taimyronectes
Subtaxa: 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 senatoria, Mimachlamys singaporinus, Mimachlamys sturtiana, Mimachlamys vokesorum
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder