Chlamys (genus)

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Chlamys Higher classification Scallop Order Pectinoida		Family Pectinidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus

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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