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Chlamys (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Chlamys

Higher classification
  
Scallop

Order
  
Pectinoida

Family
  
Pectinidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Chlamys varia, Chlamys islandica

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.

Species in the genus Chlamys

  • 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
  • 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
  • Chlamys venustus
  • Chlamys wainwrightensis
  • Chlamys zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
  • Chlamys zeelandona (Hertlein, 1931)

    • References

    Chlamys (genus) Wikipedia
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