Andy:
 
        Greetings. Regarding Chlamys classification schemes, I use Waller,
T.R. 1993. The evolution of "Chlamys" (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) in
the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. American Malacological
Bulletin 10(2):195-249, figs. 1-14 and/or Moore, E.J. 1984. Tertiary marine
pelecypods of California and Baja California: Propeamussidae and Pectinidae.
USGS Professional Paper 1228-B: IV + B1-B112, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-42.  Both
have a rather Tertiary flavor rather than Cretaceous but are extremely
useful never-the-less.  Good luck.
 
Aloha,
 
Lindsey T. Groves
 
At 11:00 AM 6/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Conchlers,
>
>What's the latest on the generic classification of the pesky scallop
>Chlamys and its nearest relatives? I have some Late Cretaceous scallops (C.
>venusta) that belong to Chlamys as diagnosed in the Treatise on
>Invertebrate Paleontology, but that was published way back in 1969.
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama
>
 
 
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