Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Chlamys (Chlamys) asperrima, Pecten asperrimus
Synonym: Chlamys australis Sowerby 1842
Full reference: J. B. P. Lamarck. 1819. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres. Histoire des Polypes, Paris (Lanoë)
Belongs to Mimachlamys according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
Sister taxa: Mimachlamys albolineatus, Mimachlamys angelonii, 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