Chlamys (bivalve)
Chlamys is a genus of small scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. The name is taken from the Ancient Greek, χλαμΰς or Chlamys, a cloak worn by soldiers.
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Fossil Chlamys with encrusters; Nicosia Formation (Pliocene) of Cyprus. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Chlamys Röding, 1798 |
Species | |
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Species
Chlamys zelandiae, the New Zealand fan shell
- Chlamys albida (R. Arnold, 1906) – white scallop
- Chlamys australis Sowerby, 1844
- Chlamys behringiana (Middendorff, 1849) – Bering scallop
- Chlamys bruei (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Chlamys circularis (Sowerby, 1835)
- Chlamys consociata (E. A. Smith, 1915)
- Chlamys dichroa (Suter, 1909)
- Chlamys dieffenbachi (Reeve, 1853)
- Chlamys distorta
- Chlamys farreri (Müller, 1776)
- Chlamys gemmulata (Reeve, 1853)
- Chlamys hastata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) – spear scallop, spiny scallop
- Chlamys islandica (Müller, 1776) – Iceland scallop
- Chlamys jordani Arnold, 1903 – Jordan scallop
- Chlamys kincaidi Oldroyd, 1929
- Chlamys kiwaensis Powell, 1933
- Chlamys liocymatus (Dall, 1925)
- Chlamys lioicus (Dall, 1907)
- Chlamys lowei (Hertlein, 1935) – Lowe scallop
- Chlamys muscosus Wood, 1828
- Chlamys navarcha Dall, 1898
- Chlamys opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Chlamys pseudislandica MacNeil, 1967
- Chlamys rubida (Hinds, 1845) – reddish scallop
- Chlamys septemradiatus
- Chlamys strategus
- Chlamys subsulcata (Locard, 1898)
- Chlamys sulcata (O. F. Mueller, 1776)
- Chlamys swifti Bernardi, 1858
- Chlamys taiaroa Powell, 1952
- Chlamys tigerina
- Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Chlamys venustus
- Chlamys wainwrightensis
- Chlamys zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
- Chlamys zeelandona (Hertlein, 1931)
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References
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Wikispecies has information related to Chlamys |
- "Chlamys". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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