Flexopecten glaber | |
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A valve of Flexopecten glaber ponticus | |
Flexopecten glaber ponticus - MHNT | |
Scientific classification | |
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.
Subspecies of this species recognized by WoRMS include:
Synonyms:
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