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Flexopecten glaber

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Pectinina

Family
  
Pectinidae

Genus
  
Flexopecten

Order
  
Ostreoida

Class
  
Bivalvia

Superfamily
  
Pectinoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Flexopecten, Flexopecten glaber ponticus, Flexopecten flexuosus, Pecten excavatus, Mimachlamys

Flexopecten glaber is a species of saltwater clam, a scallop, a marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

Subspecies

Subspecies of this species recognized by WoRMS include:

  • Flexopecten glaber ponticus (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889), from the Black Sea

    • Synonyms:

  • Flexopecten glaber glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) = Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Flexopecten glaber proteus (Dillwyn, 1817) = Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Flexopecten proteus (Dillwyn, 1817) = Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)

    • References

    Flexopecten glaber Wikipedia
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