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Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae scallops

Genus: Chlamys

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46 species (see list below)
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Chlamys acroporicola
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Chlamys albida
[White scallop]
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Chlamys ambigua
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Chlamys behringiana
[Bering scallop]
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Chlamys bruei
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Chlamys circularis
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Chlamys coruscans
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Chlamys cristularis
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Chlamys cruentata
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Chlamys distorta
[Humpback scallop]
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Chlamys flagellata
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Chlamys gloriosa
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Cowles, David

Northeast Pacific and Nor
Max. Length 8.3 cm SHH
Chlamys hastata(Sowerby II, 1842)

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Chlamys hastata
[Spiny scallop]
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Chlamys imbricata
[Little knobby scallop]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific a
Max. Length 11 cm SHL
Chlamys islandica(Müller, 1776)

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Chlamys islandica
[Iceland scallop]
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Chlamys jordani
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Chlamys jousseaumi
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Chlamys kincaidi
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Max. Length 50 cm SHL
 
Chlamys lentiginosa
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Chlamys liocymatus
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Chlamys lioicus
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Chlamys lischkei
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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific and North

Chlamys lowei(Hertlein, 1935)

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Chlamys lowei
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Chlamys madreporara
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Chlamys mildredae
[Mildred's scallop]
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Chlamys mollita
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Chlamys multisquamata(Dunker, 1864)

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Chlamys multisquamata
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Chlamys muscosus
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Chlamys nantiensis
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Chlamys navarcha
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Chlamys ornata
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Chlamys pelseneeri
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Chlamys porphyra
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Chlamys psara
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Chlamys pseudislandica
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Chlamys purpurata
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Coltro, Marcus

Arctic, Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHD
Chlamys rubida(Hinds, 1845)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chlamys rubida
[Reddish scallop]
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Chlamys sentis
[Thorny scallop]
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Chlamys septemradiatus
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Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHH
Chlamys squamata(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chlamys squamata
[Scaly Pacific scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic

Chlamys strategus(Dall, 1898)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chlamys strategus
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Chlamys subsulcata
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Chlamys teilhardi
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Chlamys tigerina
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Chlamys valdecostata
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Chlamys wainwrightensis
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