Scaeochlamys

Scaeochlamys
Shells of Scaeochlamys squamata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Pectinidae
Subfamily:	Pedinae
Tribe:	Chlamydini
Genus:	Scaeochlamys Iredale, 1929
Type species
Pecten lividusLamarck, 1819

Scaeochlamys is a genus of marine bivalves belonging to subfamily Pedinae of the family Pectinidae. ^[1] The Scaeochlamys was originally known as the Ostrea squamata Gmelin. ^[2] They are found below littoral zone. ^[3]

Species

There are three recognized species: ^[1]

• Scaeochlamys lemniscata (Reeve, 1853)
• Scaeochlamys livida (Lamarck, 1819)
• Scaeochlamys squamata (Gmelin, 1791)

References

1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Scaeochlamys Iredale, 1929". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 13 August 2024.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scaeochlamys squamata (Gmelin, 1791)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scaeochlamys squamata (Gmelin, 1791)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-02-19.

External links

• Dijkstra, H. H.; Maestrati, P. (2009). "New bathyal species and records of Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from Taiwan". Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan. 33: 37–54. (description of Scaeochlamys squamea Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2009, accepted as Scaeochlamys squamata )
• Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(4): 157–189
• Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica. 10: 1–108