Lissochlamys

Lissochlamys
Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
Suborder: Pectinina
Superfamily: Pectinoidea
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Lissochlamys
Sacco, 1897

Lissochlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Species within this genus have a West African and Northern Mediterranean distribution.[1][2][3]

The fossil record of this species dates back to the Pliocene (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago).[4]

Species

Species within the genus Lissochlamys include:

References


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