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Scaeochlamys Iredale 1929

Description

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

Notes

Published as part of Dijkstra, Henk H. & Beu, Alan G., 2018, Living Scallops of Australia and Adjacent Waters (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea: Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae and Pectinidae), pp. 113-330 in Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 70 (2) on page 255, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.70.2018.1670, http://zenodo.org/record/5299017

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pectinidae
Genus
Scaeochlamys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Pectinida
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Iredale
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Scaeochlamys Iredale, 1929 sec. Dijkstra & Beu, 2018