''Flexopecten'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of saltwater
scallops,
marine bivalve 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
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 scallops.
Species
Species and subspecies within the genus ''Flexopecten'' include:
* ''
Flexopecten felipponei'' (Dall, 1922)
* ''
Flexopecten flexuosus'' (Poli, 1795)
* ''
Flexopecten glaber'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
** ''Flexopecten glaber ponticus'' (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889)
* ''
Flexopecten hyalinus'' (Poli, 1795)
Synonyms:
* ''Flexopecten coarctatus'' (Born, 1778) = ''Flexopecten flexuosus'' (Poli, 1795)
* ''Flexopecten glaber glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) = ''Flexopecten glaber'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Flexopecten glaber proteus'' (Dillwyn, 1817) = ''Flexopecten glaber'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Flexopecten ponticus'' = ''Flexopecten glaber ponticus'' (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889)
* ''Flexopecten proteus'' (Dillwyn, 1817) = ''Flexopecten glaber'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
WoRMS info on the genus
Pectinidae
Bivalve genera
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