''Flexopecten glaber'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of saltwater clam, a

scallop Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families ...

, a

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

Subspecies

Subspecies of this species recognized by

WoRMS Worms may refer to: *Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs Places *Worms, Germany, a city **Worms (electoral district) *Worms, Nebraska, U.S. *Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy Arts and entertainme ...

include: * ''Flexopecten glaber ponticus'' (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889), from the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

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

WoRMS info on the species

Pectinidae Molluscs described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea Molluscs of the Black Sea Marine molluscs of Europe Bivalves of Europe Marine molluscs of Africa Marine molluscs of Asia Bivalves of Asia {{Pectinidae-stub