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Chlamys (bivalve)
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Chlamys is a genus of small scallop
s, marine
bivalve molluscs in the family
Pectinidae
. The name is taken from the Ancient Greek
, χλαμΰς or Chlamys
, a cloak
worn by soldiers.
Scallop
A scallop is a marine bivalve mollusk of the family Pectinidae. Scallops are a cosmopolitan family, found in all of the world's oceans. Many scallops are highly prized as a food source...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
bivalve molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pectinidae
Pectinidae
The Pectinidae are a family of bivalve mollusks including the scallop and closely related to the clam and oyster. They are hermaphrodite, and the male gonads mature first. Pectinidae can live attached by means of a filament they secrete, or are simply recumbent. Their valves can propel them...
. The name is taken from the Ancient Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
, χλαμΰς or Chlamys
Chlamys
The chlamys was an ancient Greek piece of clothing, a type of cloak....
, a cloak
Cloak
A cloak is a type of loose garment that is worn over indoor clothing and serves the same purpose as an overcoat; it protects the wearer from the cold, rain or wind for example, or it may form part of a fashionable outfit or uniform. Cloaks are as old as human history; there has nearly always been...
worn by soldiers.
Species in the genus Chlamys
- Chlamys albida (R. Arnold, 1906) - white scallop
- Chlamys behringiana (Middendorff, 1849) - Bering scallop
- Chlamys bruei (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Chlamys circularis (Sowerby, 1835)
- Chlamys consociata (E. A. Smith, 1915)
- Chlamys dichroa (SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1909) - Chlamys dieffenbachi (ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1853) - Chlamys distorta
- Chlamys gemmulata (ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1853) - Chlamys hastataChlamys hastataChlamys hastata, the spear scallop or spiny scallop, is a small scallop species....
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) - spear scallop, spiny scallop - Chlamys islandicaChlamys islandicaChlamys islandica, or the Iceland scallop, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Greenland to Massachusetts....
(Müller, 1776) - Iceland scallop - Chlamys jordani Arnold, 1903 - Jordan scallop
- Chlamys kincaidi Oldroyd, 1929
- Chlamys kiwaensis PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1933 - Chlamys liocymatus (Dall, 1925)
- Chlamys lioicus (Dall, 1907)
- Chlamys lowei (HertleinLeo George HertleinLeo George Hertlein was an American paleontologist and malacologist who studied the Recent and fossil mollusks of the eastern Pacific Ocean.Hertlein was born on a farm in Pratt County, Kansas...
, 1935) - Lowe scallop - Chlamys muscosus Wood, 1828
- Chlamys navarcha Dall, 1898
- Chlamys opercularis (Linnaeus, 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 taiaroa PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1952 - Chlamys tigerina
- Chlamys variaChlamys variaChlamys varia, common name the variegated scallop, is a species of small scallop, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.-Distribution:...
- Chlamys wainwrightensis
- Chlamys zelandiaeChlamys zelandiaeChlamys zelandiae, or the New Zealand fan shell, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Pectinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Gray, 1843) - Chlamys zeelandonaChlamys zeelandonaChlamys zeelandona is a bivalve mollusc of the family Pectinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(HertleinLeo George HertleinLeo George Hertlein was an American paleontologist and malacologist who studied the Recent and fossil mollusks of the eastern Pacific Ocean.Hertlein was born on a farm in Pratt County, Kansas...
, 1931)