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A fossil valve of Flabellipecten flabelliformis. | |
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Genus: | Flabellipecten Sacco 1897 |
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Flabellipecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
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 within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters.
Crassostrea is a genus of true oysters containing some of the most important oysters used for food.
Crassispira is a genus of small predatory sea snails with narrow, high-spired shells, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae. They first appeared in the fossil record approximately 48.6 million years ago during the Eocene epoch, and still exist in the present day.
Teinostoma is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Teinostomatidae.
Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
Chlamys is a genus of small scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. The name is taken from the Ancient Greek, χλαμΰς or Chlamys, a cloak worn by soldiers.
Cylichna is a genus of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cylichnidae, the "chalice bubble snails".
Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family.
Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
Elaeocyma is a genus of sea snails in the family Drilliidae.
Hindsiclava is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae,
Fusiturricula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Anachis is a large genus of sea snails in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Dendraster is a genus of sand dollars of the family Dendrasteridae within the order Clypeasteroida. The extant species in this genus are found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California. The best-known, most common and widespread species is D. excentricus.
Cerithiopsis is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cerithiopsidae.
Euvola is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. In shells of this genus, one valve is flat, and the other is deeply cupped.
Triptychus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Turbonilla is a large genus of ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Hinnites is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Veprichlamys is a genus of scallops in the family Pectinidae. This genus contains 8 extant species and one extinct species.