Chlamys asper
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| Chlamys asper (Sowerby) Skwarko (1994)
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Chlamys asper is an extinct species of saltwater scallop, a fossil marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This species was described by Sowerby[disambiguation needed] in 1847 under the name Pecten asper. The fossils date from the period of the Pliocene to Pleistocene in Malaysia and Miocene in Indonesia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ The Paleobiology Database http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&is_real_user=1&taxon_no=99951[permanent dead link] Chlamys asper Sowerby 1847
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