Spathochlamys

Spathochlamys
Shell of Spathochlamys martinicensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Superfamily:	Pectinoidea
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Spathochlamys T. R. Waller, 1993
Type species
Chlamys benedicti Verrill & Bush in Verrill, 1897

Spathochlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic subfamily Pedinae of the family Pectinidae.[1]

Species

• Spathochlamys benedicti (Verrill & Bush [in Verrill], 1897)
• Spathochlamys martinicensis Paulmier, 2018
• Spathochlamys vestalis (Reeve, 1853)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spathochlamys T. R. Waller, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393787 on 2022-06-19

• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

External links

• Waller, T. R. (1993). The evolution of "Chlamys" (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) in the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin. 10 (2): 195-249.