Flexopecten glaber

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Flexopecten glaber
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A valve of Flexopecten glaber ponticus
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Flexopecten glaber ponticus - MHNT
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Flexopecten
Species:
F. glaber
Binomial name
Flexopecten glaber

Flexopecten glaber is a species of saltwater clam, a scallop, a marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

Flexopecten glaber distans
Right and left valve of the same specimen:

Subspecies

Subspecies of this species recognized by WoRMS include:

Synonyms:

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