Glorichlamys Dijkstra, 1991

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Beu, Alan G., 2018, Living Scallops of Australia and Adjacent Waters (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae and Pectinidae), Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 70 (2), pp. 113-330 : 192

Glorichlamys Dijkstra, 1991

Glorichlamys Dijkstra, 1991: 45 . Type species (by original designation): Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes in Maillard , 1863; Recent, Réunion.

Diagnosis. Small Decatopectinini , elongate to subcircular, with evenly to unevenly spaced radial plicae, undivided to quadripartite; widely spaced interstitial commarginal macrosculpture (microsculpture almost lacking), auricles very unequal in size, with antimarginal and commarginal sculpture; weak resilial hinge teeth present (dorsal and/or intermediate teeth absent); byssal notch deep, ctenolium well-developed. Internal plicae present; rib carinae almost absent, very short around ventral margin of some specimens.

Distribution. Miocene (Cox, 1927) to Recent. Tropical Indo-West Pacific, living in the littoral zone to on the continental shelf amongst coral rubble on soft sediment.

Discussion. For comparison of the present genus with Gloripallium Iredale, 1939 , Excellichlamys Iredale, 1939 , and Bractechlamys Iredale, 1939 see Dijkstra (1991: 45). The characters of the adult macrosculpture of Glorichlamys indicate a position in Decatopectinini . T. R. Waller (pers. comm. 2017) indicated to us that the microsculpture in early ontogeny suggests a position in Palliolinae , but we prefer to retain Glorichlamys in Decatopectinini .