Spathochlamys
Genus of bivalves
| Spathochlamys | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Shell of Spathochlamys martinicensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Superfamily: | Pectinoidea |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Spathochlamys T. R. Waller, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Chlamys benedicti Verrill & Bush in Verrill, 1897 | |
Spathochlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic subfamily Pedinae of the family Pectinidae.[1]
Species
- Spathochlamys benedicti (Verrill & Bush [in Verrill], 1897)
- Spathochlamys martinicensis Paulmier, 2018
- Spathochlamys vestalis (Reeve, 1853)
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spathochlamys T. R. Waller, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393787 on 2022-06-19
- Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
External links
- Waller, T. R. (1993). The evolution of "Chlamys" (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) in the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin. 10 (2): 195-249.
