''Chlamys asper'' is an extinct
species of saltwater scallop, a
fossil marine
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bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
mollusc 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.
[The Paleobiology Database http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&is_real_user=1&taxon_no=99951 ''Chlamys asper'' Sowerby 1847]
References
asper
Asper may refer to:
*Asper (') breathing mark in romanization of Greek
*Asper (surname)
*Asper, Missouri, a ghost town
*Aemilius Asper, Latin grammarian
*Aspron, a type of late Byzantine silver or billon coins
*Akçe, an Ottoman silver coin, simi ...
Molluscs described in 1994
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