Chlamys rubida

Chlamys rubida is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae found on the west coast of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to San Diego, California.

Chlamys rubida

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
reddish scallopPBDB
Sits inside
ChlamysPBDB
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 2.5 million years on record.

The record covers at least 2.58 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 5.333 Mya to 0 Mya.

Miocene — about 0 of 44 occurrencesPliocene — about 19 of 44 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 24 of 44 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 1 of 44 occurrences5.4–5.3 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.3–5.1 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.1–4.9 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences4.9–4.7 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences4.7–4.5 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences4.5–4.3 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences4.3–4.1 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences4.1–3.9 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences3.9–3.7 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences3.7–3.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.5–3.3 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.3–3.1 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.1–2.9 Mya — about 3 occurrences2.9–2.7 Mya — about 3 occurrences2.7–2.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.5–2.3 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences2.3–2.1 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences2.1–1.9 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences1.9–1.8 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences1.8–1.6 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences1.6–1.4 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences1.4–1.2 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences1.2–972 ka Mya — about 0.8 occurrences972 ka–778 ka Mya — about 0.8 occurrences778 ka–583 ka Mya — about 4 occurrences583 ka–389 ka Mya — about 4 occurrences389 ka–194 ka Mya — about 4 occurrences194 ka–0 Mya — about 5 occurrences2.58 Mya11.7 ka5.8 Mya0 Mya

44 occurrences of Chlamys rubida 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

44 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

11 formations

Pico — 34.48°N, 119.32°WPico — 34.36°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.38°N, 119.07°WPico — 34.33°N, 119.08°WPico — 34.41°N, 118.69°WTimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WSanta Barbara — 34.38°N, 119.47°WSanta Barbara — 34.40°N, 119.69°WLomita Marl — 33.79°N, 118.34°WLomita Marl — 33.74°N, 118.29°WSan Pedro Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WSan Pedro Sand — 33.75°N, 118.29°WSan Pedro — 33.80°N, 118.16°WFernando — 33.67°N, 117.87°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WSan Diego — 32.80°N, 117.26°WSan Diego — 32.80°N, 117.24°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.73°N, 118.29°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.76°N, 118.28°WGubik — 70.07°N, 151.39°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.88°N, 120.51°W

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The named rock units Chlamys rubida has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 12 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Chlamys rubida and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Chlamys rubida and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

696 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 24 sites for Chlamys rubida, 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 44 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 content1

Picture of Chlamys rubida

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan of Chlamys rubida was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Hinds 1845)