Kingdom Animalia Suborder Pectinina Family Pectinidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Class Bivalvia Superfamily Pectinoidea Subfamily Pectininae Genus Flexopecten Order Ostreoida | |
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Similar Flexopecten, Flexopecten flexuosus, Flexopecten glaber, Leptopecten latiauratus, Palliolum | ||
Flexopecten hyalinus, the Hyaline Scallop, is a species of saltwater clams, a scallop, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
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Description
The shell of an adult Flexopecten hyalinus can be as large as 20–30 millimetres (0.79–1.18 in). This shell is delicate, with a brown or pale brown surface, almost translucent and has quite flat ribs.
Distribution
This species can be found in the Mediterranean Sea, from Italy and Croatia to Greece, under rocks or dead leaves of algue, usually at depths of about 10 m.
References
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