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Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791) 
AphiaID: 393116

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Pectinidae (Family) > Chlamydinae (Subfamily) > Chlamydini (Tribe) > Laevichlamys (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Laevichlamys Waller, 1993
Synonymised
taxa
  Chlamys ootanii Azuma, 1960
Chlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Chlamys squamosa larvata (Reeve, 1853)
Chlamys squamosa serrata (Sowerby, 1842)
Mimachlamys grossiana Iredale, 1939 (synonym)
Ostrea anonyma Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Ostrea squamosa Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Ostrea sulphurea Gmelin, 1791
Pecten serratus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 (invalid: junior homonym of Pecten serratus Nilsson, 1827)
Sources  basis of record: Raines B.K. & Poppe G.T. (2006) The family Pectinidae. In: A Conchological Iconography (Poppe & Groh, eds). Hackenheim, ConchBooks. 402 pp. [details]

additional source: Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. Zootaxa 3217: 1-106. [29 Feb. 2012]
page(s): 36 [details]


redescription: Dijkstra H.H. (2013) Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica 10: 1-108. [6 April 2013] [details]

new combination reference: 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 [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Rombouts, A. (1991). Guidebook to Pecten shells. Universal Book Services/Backhuys. [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Azuma M. (1960) A catalogue of the shell-bearing Mollusca of Okinoshima, Kashiwajima and the adjacent area (Tosa Province) Shikoku, Japan. Published by the author, Tokyo. ii + 102 + 17 pp., 5 pls. [20 March 1960]
page(s): 102 [details] [view taxon]


identification resource: Raines B.K. & Poppe G.T. (2006) The family Pectinidae. In: A Conchological Iconography (Poppe & Groh, eds). Hackenheim, ConchBooks. 402 pp. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English squamose scallop (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Pacific [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Notes  Depth range: littoral-below littoral [details]

Length: >60 mm [details]
Images 
Laevichlamys squamosa
Laevichlamys squamosa
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Laevichlamys squamosa
Laevichlamys squamosa
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393116
Taxonomic
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2009-04-21 17:21:02Z  created  Dijkstra, Henk
  
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  Citation: Dijkstra, H. (2013). Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393116 on 2013-06-19
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