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Chlamys membranosa (S. G. Morton, 1833) †
1638046 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1638046)
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Species
Pecten carolinensis Conrad, 1873 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pecten membranosus S. G. Morton, 1833 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Pecten membranosus S. G. Morton, 1833 †) Morton, S. G. (1833). Supplement to the "Synopsis of the organic remains of the ferruginous sand formation of the United States" [II]. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 24(1): 128-132, pls 9-10. [April 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15948313
page(s): 130, pl. 10, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 130, pl. 10, fig. 4 [details]
Type locality contained in South Carolina
type locality contained in South Carolina [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chlamys membranosa (S. G. Morton, 1833) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1638046 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Pecten carolinensis Conrad, 1873 †) Conrad, T. A. (1873). Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil shells of North Carolina in the State Cabinet at Rayleigh, pp. 1-28; pl. 1-4. Appendix to: Kerr, W.C. Report of the Geological Survey of North Carolina, Vol. i, 120 pp., 8 pls. (fossils), geol. map. In: Kerr, W. C. Report of the Geological Survey of North Carolina 1, Appendix A. Raleigh: Josiah Turner, 1-28 ["1875"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54125882
page(s): 18, pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Pecten membranosus S. G. Morton, 1833 †) Morton, S. G. (1833). Supplement to the "Synopsis of the organic remains of the ferruginous sand formation of the United States" [II]. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 24(1): 128-132, pls 9-10. [April 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15948313
page(s): 130, pl. 10, fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Palmer, K. V. W. & Brann, D. C. (1965). Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusca of the southern and eastern United States; Part I. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 48 (218): 1-466., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10648641
page(s): 85-86 [details]
basis of record Kellum, L. B. (1926). Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent marls in North Carolina. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 143: 1-56, pls. 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp143
page(s): 19; note: as Pecten (Chlamys) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 18, pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Pecten membranosus S. G. Morton, 1833 †) Morton, S. G. (1833). Supplement to the "Synopsis of the organic remains of the ferruginous sand formation of the United States" [II]. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 24(1): 128-132, pls 9-10. [April 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15948313
page(s): 130, pl. 10, fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Palmer, K. V. W. & Brann, D. C. (1965). Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusca of the southern and eastern United States; Part I. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 48 (218): 1-466., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10648641
page(s): 85-86 [details]
basis of record Kellum, L. B. (1926). Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent marls in North Carolina. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 143: 1-56, pls. 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp143
page(s): 19; note: as Pecten (Chlamys) [details] Available for editors
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