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.

Chlamys
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
  • "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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