Scaeochlamys, Iredale, 1929

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 : 255

Key to species of Scaeochlamys from Australia

1 Shell c. 80 mm high, elongate, solid, lv more inflated than rv, lv with 9–11 unevenly spaced, strongly squamous radial plicae, rv with 18–26 more clustered squamous radial riblets ....................................................... S. livida

—— Shell with 24–30 scaly radial plicae on lv ................................................................................. 2

2 Shell c. 60 mm high, elongate, weakly inflated, almost equally convex to prosogyrate, lv with 24–30 and rv with 30–36 unevenly spaced, scaly radial ribs ......................................................................................... S. squamea