''Spathochlamys'' is a
genus of
scallops,
marine
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bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the taxonomic subfamily
Pedinae of the family
Pectinidae.
[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]
Species
* ''
Spathochlamys benedicti''
(Verrill & Bush n Verrill
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History
...
1897)
* ''
Spathochlamys martinicensis''
Paulmier, 2018
* ''
Spathochlamys vestalis''
(Reeve, 1853)
References
* 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.
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Pectinidae
Bivalve genera