Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Belongs to Mimachlamys according to K. Lamprell and T. Whitehead 1992

Sister taxa: Mimachlamys albolineatus, Mimachlamys angelonii, Mimachlamys asperrima, Mimachlamys asperrimoides, Mimachlamys australis, Mimachlamys blowi, 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