Chlamys is a genus of small scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. The name is taken from the Ancient Greek, χλαμΰς or Chlamys, a cloak worn by soldiers.
Species
Chlamys albida (R. Arnold, 1906) – white scallop
Chlamys australis Sowerby, 1844
Chlamys behringiana (Middendorff, 1849) – Bering scallop
Chlamys bruei (Payraudeau, 1826) Chlamys circularis (Sowerby, 1835) Chlamys consociata (E. A. Smith, 1915) Chlamys dichroa (Suter, 1909) Chlamys dieffenbachi (Reeve, 1853) Chlamys distorta Chlamys farreri (Müller, 1776) Chlamys gemmulata (Reeve, 1853) Chlamys hastata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) – spear scallop, spiny scallop Chlamys islandica (Müller, 1776) – Iceland scallop Chlamys jordani Arnold, 1903 – Jordan scallop Chlamys kincaidi Oldroyd, 1929 Chlamys kiwaensis Powell, 1933 Chlamys liocymatus (Dall, 1925) Chlamys lioicus (Dall, 1907) Chlamys lowei (Hertlein, 1935) – Lowe scallop Chlamys muscosus Wood, 1828 Chlamys navarcha Dall, 1898 Chlamys opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Chlamys pseudislandica MacNeil, 1967 Chlamys rubida (Hinds, 1845) – reddish scallop Chlamys septemradiatus Chlamys strategus Chlamys subsulcata (Locard, 1898) Chlamys sulcata (O. F. Mueller, 1776) Chlamys swifti Bernardi, 1858 Chlamys taiaroa Powell, 1952 Chlamys tigerina Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) Chlamys venustus Chlamys wainwrightensis Chlamys zelandiae (Gray, 1843) Chlamys zeelandona (Hertlein, 1931)
References
Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand