''Veprichlamys'' is a genus of
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 ...
s in the family
Pectinidae.
This genus contains 8 extant species
and one
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
species (''
V. leprosa'' from the
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...
of Australia).
Species
* ''
Veprichlamys africana
''Veprichlamys'' is a genus of scallops in the family Pectinidae. This genus contains 8 extant species and one extinct species ('' V. leprosa'' from the Miocene of Australia).
Species
* '' Veprichlamys africana'' Dijkstra & Kilburn, 2001
* ' ...
''
Dijkstra & Kilburn, 2001
* ''
Veprichlamys challengeri
''Veprichlamys'' is a genus of scallops in the family Pectinidae. This genus contains 8 extant species and one extinct species ('' V. leprosa'' from the Miocene of Australia).
Species
* ''Veprichlamys africana'' Dijkstra & Kilburn, 2001
* '' ...
''
(E. A. Smith, 1891)
* ''
Veprichlamys deynzerorum
''Veprichlamys'' is a genus of scallops in the family Pectinidae. This genus contains 8 extant species and one extinct species ('' V. leprosa'' from the Miocene of Australia).
Species
* ''Veprichlamys africana'' Dijkstra & Kilburn, 2001
* '' ...
''
Dijkstra, 2004
* ''
Veprichlamys incantata
''Veprichlamys'' is a genus of scallops in the family Pectinidae. This genus contains 8 extant species and one extinct species ('' V. leprosa'' from the Miocene of Australia).
Species
* ''Veprichlamys africana'' Dijkstra & Kilburn, 2001
* '' ...
''
(Hertlein, 1972)
* ''
Veprichlamys jousseaumei
''Veprichlamys'' is a genus of scallops in the family Pectinidae. This genus contains 8 extant species and one extinct species ('' V. leprosa'' from the Miocene of Australia).
Species
* ''Veprichlamys africana'' Dijkstra & Kilburn, 2001
* '' ...
''
(Bavay, 1904)
* ''
Veprichlamys kiwaensis
''Veprichlamys'' is a genus of scallops in the family Pectinidae. This genus contains 8 extant species and one extinct species ('' V. leprosa'' from the Miocene of Australia).
Species
* ''Veprichlamys africana'' Dijkstra & Kilburn, 2001
* '' ...
''
(Powell, 1933)
* †''
Veprichlamys leprosa
''Veprichlamys'' is a genus of scallops in the family Pectinidae. This genus contains 8 extant species and one Extinction, extinct species (''Veprichlamys leprosa, V. leprosa'' from the Miocene of Australia).
Species
* ''Veprichlamys africana ...
''
Beu and Darragh 2001
* ''
Veprichlamys perillustris''
(Iredale, 1925)
* ''
Veprichlamys versipellis''
Dijkstra & Kastoro, 1997
References
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Bivalve genera
Pectinidae