Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combination: Chlamys rutteni

Belongs to Chlamys (Chlamys) according to L. W. van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Chlamys (Chlamys) albida, Chlamys (Chlamys) anderssoni, Chlamys (Chlamys) arakawai, Chlamys (Chlamys) behringiana, Chlamys (Chlamys) callimorphus, Chlamys (Chlamys) cosibensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) ermanensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) etolonensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) gackhense, Chlamys (Chlamys) hastata, Chlamys (Chlamys) iljinensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) indissolubilis, Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica, Chlamys (Chlamys) itoigawae, Chlamys (Chlamys) iwamurensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) iwriensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) jordani, Chlamys (Chlamys) karaginskiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) kavranensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) miyatokoensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) otukae, Chlamys (Chlamys) parisiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) plinsbachiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudohastata, Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudolioica, Chlamys (Chlamys) quilonensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) rendoi, Chlamys (Chlamys) rubida, Chlamys (Chlamys) sendaiensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) tapensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria, Chlamys (Chlamys) thalerus, Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, Chlamys (Chlamys) wajampolkensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) yastchanensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder