Chlamys

Chlamys is a genus of small scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. The name is taken from the Ancient Greek, χλαμΰς or Chlamys, a cloak worn by soldiers.

Chlamys

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ChlamydiniPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Pectinidae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 259 million years on record.

The record covers at least 259.857 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 264.28 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 1 of 3101 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 5 of 3101 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 15 of 3101 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 146 of 3101 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 465 of 3101 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 244 of 3101 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 150 of 3101 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 65 of 3101 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 124 of 3101 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 19 of 3101 occurrencesEocene — about 471 of 3101 occurrencesOligocene — about 134 of 3101 occurrencesMiocene — about 622 of 3101 occurrencesPliocene — about 287 of 3101 occurrencesPleistocene — about 312 of 3101 occurrences270–261 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences261–252 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences252–243 Mya — about 11 occurrences243–234 Mya — about 24 occurrences234–225 Mya — about 22 occurrences225–216 Mya — about 24 occurrences216–207 Mya — about 22 occurrences207–198 Mya — about 138 occurrences198–189 Mya — about 211 occurrences189–180 Mya — about 160 occurrences180–171 Mya — about 42 occurrences171–162 Mya — about 212 occurrences162–153 Mya — about 115 occurrences153–144 Mya — about 43 occurrences144–135 Mya — about 8 occurrences135–126 Mya — about 18 occurrences126–117 Mya — about 13 occurrences117–108 Mya — about 13 occurrences108–99 Mya — about 18 occurrences99–90 Mya — about 18 occurrences90–81 Mya — about 30 occurrences81–72 Mya — about 21 occurrences72–63 Mya — about 55 occurrences63–54 Mya — about 31 occurrences54–45 Mya — about 79 occurrences45–36 Mya — about 309 occurrences36–27 Mya — about 141 occurrences27–18 Mya — about 206 occurrences18–9.0 Mya — about 365 occurrences9.0–0 Mya — about 750 occurrences259.857 Mya11.7 ka270 Mya0 Mya

3,101 occurrences of Chlamys on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

3,101 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

607 formations

Dhruma — 24.23°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 24.89°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 22.62°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 22.53°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 22.50°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.53°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.92°N, 44.00°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 22.83°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°ECastle Hayne — 34.64°N, 77.65°WCastle Hayne — 34.37°N, 77.86°WCastle Hayne — 34.29°N, 77.92°WCastle Hayne — 34.83°N, 78.02°WCastle Hayne — 35.36°N, 77.32°WCastle Hayne — 34.66°N, 77.70°WCastle Hayne — 34.90°N, 78.05°WCastle Hayne — 34.83°N, 77.82°WCastle Hayne — 34.92°N, 77.77°WCastle Hayne — 35.38°N, 77.99°WCastle Hayne — 35.32°N, 77.33°WCastle Hayne — 35.05°N, 77.75°WCastle Hayne — 35.01°N, 77.51°WCastle Hayne — 35.00°N, 77.00°WCastle Hayne — 34.90°N, 77.55°WCastle Hayne — 34.75°N, 77.43°WCastle Hayne — 34.23°N, 77.94°WCastle Hayne — 35.11°N, 77.04°WCastle Hayne — 35.06°N, 77.83°WCastle Hayne — 35.31°N, 79.01°WCastle Hayne — 35.22°N, 77.44°WCastle Hayne — 34.55°N, 77.93°WCastle Hayne — 35.36°N, 77.38°WCastle Hayne — 35.01°N, 77.57°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.68°WMoodys Branch — 31.77°N, 88.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.50°N, 87.80°WMoodys Branch — 31.26°N, 86.77°WMoodys Branch — 31.31°N, 86.48°WMoodys Branch — 31.03°N, 85.86°WMoodys Branch — 31.03°N, 85.85°WMoodys Branch — 31.55°N, 87.58°WMoodys Branch — 31.14°N, 87.94°WMoodys Branch — 30.71°N, 84.86°WMoodys Branch — 32.70°N, 83.56°WMoodys Branch — 31.10°N, 86.09°WMoodys Branch — 31.57°N, 88.04°WMoodys Branch — 30.90°N, 84.58°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 35.01°N, 90.79°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WVaqueros — 33.55°N, 117.82°WVaqueros — 33.77°N, 117.89°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.95°WVaqueros — 34.30°N, 117.49°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 119.07°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 119.03°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 118.88°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 118.71°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 118.82°WVaqueros — 34.36°N, 118.94°WVaqueros — 34.45°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 119.02°WVaqueros — 34.56°N, 119.06°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 119.33°WVaqueros — 34.44°N, 119.20°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 120.29°WVaqueros — 34.53°N, 120.35°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.16°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.14°WVaqueros — 34.92°N, 119.13°WVaqueros — 35.30°N, 120.15°WVaqueros — 35.27°N, 120.05°WVaqueros — 35.78°N, 121.06°WVaqueros — 36.07°N, 121.28°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°ETimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 32.00°N, 88.72°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 31.84°N, 88.25°WCook Mountain — 31.82°N, 88.09°WCook Mountain — 31.54°N, 87.52°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 93.57°WCook Mountain — 31.76°N, 92.96°WCook Mountain — 31.43°N, 93.85°WKossen — 47.68°N, 13.35°EKossen — 47.66°N, 12.45°EKossen — 47.55°N, 12.17°EKossen — 47.58°N, 12.57°EKossen — 47.71°N, 13.20°ELisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.87°N, 88.32°WLisbon — 31.75°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.20°N, 86.17°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.57°WLisbon — 31.13°N, 87.93°WLisbon — 32.32°N, 89.16°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WSantee Limestone — 33.33°N, 80.15°WSantee Limestone — 33.45°N, 80.16°WSantee Limestone — 33.51°N, 80.49°WSantee Limestone — 33.41°N, 80.10°WSantee Limestone — 33.33°N, 79.69°WSantee Limestone — 33.35°N, 80.25°WSantee Limestone — 33.41°N, 80.30°WSantee Limestone — 33.68°N, 80.77°WSantee Limestone — 33.20°N, 80.01°WCalcaire a gryphees — 48.00°N, 6.00°EArcadia — 27.96°N, 82.37°WArcadia — 27.90°N, 81.84°WArcadia — 29.25°N, 82.17°WArcadia — 30.48°N, 84.02°WArcadia — 30.21°N, 84.30°WArcadia — 30.24°N, 84.23°WArcadia — 30.62°N, 84.91°WArcadia — 30.69°N, 84.84°WArcadia — 30.49°N, 85.17°WArcadia — 30.72°N, 85.53°WPico — 34.48°N, 119.32°WPico — 33.94°N, 117.89°WPico — 34.36°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.33°N, 118.72°WPico — 34.38°N, 119.07°WPico — 34.33°N, 119.08°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.70°WFormación Coquimbo — 29.28°S, 71.30°WFormación Coquimbo — 29.08°S, 71.46°WFormación Coquimbo — 29.05°S, 71.43°WFormación Coquimbo — 30.12°S, 71.34°WFormación Coquimbo — 30.24°S, 71.44°WFormación Coquimbo — 30.34°S, 71.57°WYazoo Clay — 31.78°N, 88.46°WYazoo Clay — 31.77°N, 88.33°WYazoo Clay — 31.50°N, 87.80°WYazoo Clay — 31.65°N, 87.71°WYazoo Clay — 31.26°N, 86.77°WYazoo Clay — 31.14°N, 87.94°WCrystal River Limestone — 31.26°N, 86.77°WCrystal River Limestone — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCrystal River Limestone — 30.12°N, 83.58°WCrystal River Limestone — 30.77°N, 85.23°WCrystal River Limestone — 30.05°N, 83.18°WCrystal River Limestone — 29.39°N, 82.45°WCrystal River Limestone — 29.25°N, 82.17°WCrystal River Limestone — 29.67°N, 83.39°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WEtolonskaya — 58.42°N, 159.00°ECape Stewart Beds — 70.44°N, 22.64°WCape Stewart Beds — 70.46°N, 22.71°WCape Stewart Beds — 70.47°N, 22.64°WKahuitara Tuff — 44.33°S, 176.00°WKahuitara Tuff — 44.33°S, 176.25°EKahuitara Tuff — 44.24°S, 176.24°WOkarahia Sandstone — 42.57°S, 173.52°EOkarahia Sandstone — 42.60°S, 173.42°EOkarahia Sandstone — 42.55°S, 173.50°EAbbas — 16.75°N, 42.00°EAbbas — 16.75°N, 41.73°EAbbas — 15.40°N, 42.53°EAbbas — 17.00°N, 42.00°EAbbas — 16.55°N, 42.00°EAbbas — 16.90°N, 41.67°EHabo beds — 23.20°N, 69.80°ECareaga Sandstone — 34.88°N, 120.51°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.84°N, 120.41°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.90°N, 120.32°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.74°N, 120.41°W

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The named rock units Chlamys has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 583 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 946 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Chlamys and its relatives

Miocene

Where Chlamys and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,582 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,527 sites for Chlamys, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

652 references

Each of the 3,101 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 640 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Chlamys

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CT scan

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Specimen
Chlamys islandica · FMNH:Invertebrate Zoology:163336

3D model

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The description on this site

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