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Flexopecten hyalinus

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Hyaline scallop
A valve of Flexopecten hyalinus from Sicily on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Flexopecten
Species:
F. hyalinus
Binomial name
Flexopecten hyalinus
(Poli, 1795)
Synonyms
  • Lissopecten hyalinus (Poli, 1795)
  • Ostrea hyalina Poli, 1795
  • Palliolum hyalinum (Poli, 1795)
  • Pecten flagellatus Delessert, 1841
  • Pecten pellucidus Lamarck, 1819
  • Pecten pulcherrimus Risso, 1826
  • Pecten succineus Risso, 1826

Flexopecten hyalinus, the hyaline scallop, is a species of saltwater clams, a scallop, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

Description

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The shell of an adult Flexopecten hyalinus can be as large as 20–30 millimetres (0.79–1.18 in). This shell is delicate, with a brown or pale brown surface, almost translucent and has quite flat ribs.

Distribution

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This species can be found in the Mediterranean Sea, from Italy and Croatia to Greece, under rocks or dead leaves of algae, usually at depths of about 10 m.

References

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  • Schiaparelli, Stefano (2006). Bivalvi, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
  • Pesi