WoRMS name details
Chlamys ambigua (Münster, 1833) †
1907129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1907129)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Pecten ambiguus Münster, 1833 †) Goldfuss, G. A. (1833–1841). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Zweiter Teil: 312 pp. Düsseldorf: Arnz & Comp. [1-68, pls. LXXII-XCVI, (1833); 69-140, pls. XCVII-CXXI, (1835); 141-224, pls. CXXII-CXLVI, (1837); 225-312, pls. CXLVII-CLXV, (1841)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.].
page(s): 46, pl. 90, fig. 5a, b [details]
page(s): 46, pl. 90, fig. 5a, b [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chlamys ambigua (Münster, 1833) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1907129 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pecten ambiguus Münster, 1833 †) Goldfuss, G. A. (1833–1841). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Zweiter Teil: 312 pp. Düsseldorf: Arnz & Comp. [1-68, pls. LXXII-XCVI, (1833); 69-140, pls. XCVII-CXXI, (1835); 141-224, pls. CXXII-CXLVI, (1837); 225-312, pls. CXLVII-CLXV, (1841)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.].
page(s): 46, pl. 90, fig. 5a, b [details]
basis of record Cox, L. R. (1952). The Jurassic lamellibranch fauna of Cutch (Kachh). No. 3, Families Pectinidae, Amusiidae, Plicatulidae, Limidae, Ostreidae and Trigoniidae (Supplement). <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, series IX.</em> 3(4): 1-128, pl. 1-12.
page(s): 4-5, pl. 1, figs 2-4 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 46, pl. 90, fig. 5a, b [details]
basis of record Cox, L. R. (1952). The Jurassic lamellibranch fauna of Cutch (Kachh). No. 3, Families Pectinidae, Amusiidae, Plicatulidae, Limidae, Ostreidae and Trigoniidae (Supplement). <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, series IX.</em> 3(4): 1-128, pl. 1-12.
page(s): 4-5, pl. 1, figs 2-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Johnson, A. L. A. (1984). The palaeobiology of the bivalve families Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae in the Jurassic of Europe. <em>Zitteliana.</em> 11: 1-235, pls. 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28055246 [details]
