''Chlamys'' is a genus of small scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the

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Pectinidae 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 ...

. The name is taken from the

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, χλαμΰς or Chlamys, a

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Species

* '' Chlamys albida'' (R. Arnold, 1906) – white scallop * '' Chlamys australis'' Sowerby, 1844 * '' Chlamys behringiana'' (Middendorff, 1849) – Bering scallop * '' Chlamys bruei'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * '' Chlamys circularis'' (Sowerby, 1835) * '' Chlamys consociata'' (E. A. Smith, 1915) * '' Chlamys dichroa'' ( Suter, 1909) * '' Chlamys dieffenbachi'' ( Reeve, 1853) * '' Chlamys distorta'' * '' Chlamys farreri'' (Müller, 1776) * '' Chlamys gemmulata'' ( Reeve, 1853) * '' Chlamys hastata'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) – spear scallop, spiny scallop * '' Chlamys islandica'' (Müller, 1776) – Iceland scallop * '' Chlamys jordani'' Arnold, 1903 – Jordan scallop * '' Chlamys kincaidi'' Oldroyd, 1929 * '' Chlamys kiwaensis'' Powell, 1933 * '' Chlamys liocymatus'' ( Dall, 1925) * '' Chlamys lioicus'' ( Dall, 1907) * '' Chlamys lowei'' ( Hertlein, 1935) – Lowe scallop * '' Chlamys muscosus'' Wood, 1828 * '' Chlamys navarcha'' Dall, 1898 * '' Chlamys opercularis'' (

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, 1758) * '' Chlamys pseudislandica'' MacNeil, 1967 * '' Chlamys rubida'' (Hinds, 1845) – reddish scallop * '' Chlamys septemradiatus'' * '' Chlamys strategus'' * '' Chlamys subsulcata'' (Locard, 1898) * '' Chlamys sulcata'' (O. F. Mueller, 1776) * '' Chlamys swifti'' Bernardi, 1858 * '' Chlamys taiaroa'' Powell, 1952 * '' Chlamys tigerina'' * '' Chlamys varia'' (

, 1758) * '' Chlamys venustus'' * '' Chlamys wainwrightensis'' * '' Chlamys zelandiae'' (Gray, 1843) * '' Chlamys zeelandona'' ( Hertlein, 1931)

References

* * Powell A. W. B. (1979), ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand Bivalve genera {{Pectinidae-stub