''Veprichlamys'' is a genus of
scallop
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related famili ...
s in the family
Pectinidae
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of Marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusc, molluscs in the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also ...
.
This genus contains 8 extant species
and one
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
species (''
V. leprosa'' from the
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), 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 mea ...
of Australia).
Species
* ''
Veprichlamys africana''
Dijkstra & Kilburn, 2001
* ''
Veprichlamys challengeri''
(E. A. Smith, 1891)
* ''
Veprichlamys deynzerorum''
Dijkstra, 2004
* ''
Veprichlamys incantata''
(Hertlein, 1972)
* ''
Veprichlamys jousseaumei''
(Bavay, 1904)
* ''
Veprichlamys kiwaensis''
(Powell, 1933)
* †''
Veprichlamys leprosa''
Beu and Darragh 2001
* ''
Veprichlamys perillustris''
(Iredale, 1925)
* ''
Veprichlamys versipellis''
Dijkstra & Kastoro, 1997
References
Bivalve genera
Pectinidae
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