Kingdom Animalia Order Ostreoida Superfamily Pectinoidea Scientific name Flexopecten felipponei Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Suborder Pectinina Family Pectinidae Higher classification Flexopecten | |
Similar Flexopecten, Flexopecten glaber, Zygochlamys patagonica, Aequipecten, Chlamys | ||
Flexopecten felipponei is a species of saltwater clam, a scallop, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Original description
The species Flexopecten felipponei was originally described as Pecten (Chlamys) felipponei by W. H. Dall in 1922.
The type locality is Mar de la Plata, Argentina.
Dall's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
References
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