Chlamys (Chlamys) varia

Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758), a relative of Chlamys (Chlamys) varia — not Chlamys (Chlamys) varia itself

Not Chlamys (Chlamys) varia. This is Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758), a relative — both are Pectinidae.

Stichting Schepsel Schelp · CC BY 4.0 · via GBIF. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 28 occurrencesMiocene — about 7 of 28 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 7 of 28 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 13 of 28 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 1 occurrence13–13 Mya — about 1 occurrence13–12 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.9–3.1 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 4 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 3 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 2 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 7 occurrences15.98 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

28 occurrences of Chlamys (Chlamys) varia on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

28 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

6 formations

Gavdos — 34.83°N, 24.08°EApostoli — 35.25°N, 24.58°EKourtes — 35.20°N, 25.10°ERhodes — 36.42°N, 28.20°EMonte Giogo — 44.85°N, 9.86°EWexford Gravels — 52.43°N, 6.33°W

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The named rock units Chlamys (Chlamys) varia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 22 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Chlamys (Chlamys) varia and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Chlamys (Chlamys) varia and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

793 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 20 sites for Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, and this reads all 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

19 references

Each of the 28 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. 7 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 content2

Picture of Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Source
GBIF
Credit
Stichting Schepsel Schelp
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Chlamys islandica · FMNH:Invertebrate Zoology:163336

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itChlamys (Chlamys) through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Linnaeus 1758)