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Lissochlamys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Bivalvia

Suborder
  
Pectinina

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Ostreoida

Superfamily
  
Pectinoidea

Lissochlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Species within this genus have a West African and Northern Mediterranean distribution.

The fossil record of this species dates back to the Pliocene (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago).

Species

Species within the genus Lissochlamys include:

  • Lissochlamys exotica (L.W. Dillwyn, 1817)
  • References

    Lissochlamys Wikipedia