Chlamys lemniscata (Reeve, 1853)

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3242

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097

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scientific name

Chlamys lemniscata (Reeve, 1853)
status

 

Chlamys lemniscata (Reeve, 1853) View in CoL

Habitat (inferred). Byssally attached among coral rubble.

Distribution. To date only valves of this species have been found at 10 m depth off the reef front at Port Mathurin.

Remarks. This is the only pectinid that has been found to date, which is surprising given the large variety of species associated with reefs found in other

parts of the western Indian Ocean.

Range. Indo-Pacific [M/S].

Figured specimen. 16.6 mm, NMW.Z.1999.073.00013.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Pectinida

Family

Pectinidae

Genus

Chlamys

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