Spathochlamys
Shell of Spathochlamys martinicensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Superfamily: Pectinoidea
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Spathochlamys
T. R. Waller, 1993
Type species
Chlamys benedicti Verrill & Bush in Verrill, 1897

Spathochlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic subfamily Pedinae of the family Pectinidae.[1]

Species

  • Spathochlamys benedicti (Verrill & Bush [in Verrill], 1897)
  • Spathochlamys martinicensis Paulmier, 2018
  • Spathochlamys vestalis (Reeve, 1853)

References

  1. 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
  • 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.
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