Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae

Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ostrea anonyma Gmelin, 1791
   Ostrea sulphurea Gmelin, 1791
   Ostrea squamosa Gmelin, 1791
   Ostrea hybrida Gmelin, 1791
   Chlamys lingua felis R�ding, 1798
   Pecten serratus Sowerby, 1842
   Pecten larvatus Reeve, 1853
   Pecten (Chlamys) smegmatus Dall, 1926
   Chlamys (Chlamys) ootanii Azuma, 1960

Common Name

Scaly Fan Scallop p.50, pl.51D Wilson, B 2002.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf Raines, B. K 2002. p.33
depth: intertidal
habit: byssally attached
substrate: coral
substrate: mud
substrate: rocks
substrate: sand

References

Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. p.33, pl. 6, figs. 1-4 Contains synonymy
Rombouts, A. 1991. p.30, pl. 12, fig. 2 [ synonymy, description, distribution as Mimachlamys squamosa ] Alternate taxonomic arrangement
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Laevichlamys Waller, 1993
                        Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38098) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-02-05. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-02-03.