Kingdom Animalia Class Bivalvia Suborder Pectinina Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Order Ostreoida Superfamily Pectinoidea | |
Chlamys asper is an extinct species of saltwater scallop, a fossil marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This species was described by Sowerby in 1847 under the name Pecten asper. The fossils date from the period of the Pliocene to Pleistocene in Malaysia and Miocene in Indonesia.
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