Flexopecten hyalinus

Flexopecten hyalinus
A valve of Flexopecten hyalinus from Sicily on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
Suborder: Pectinina
Superfamily: Pectinoidea
Family: Pectinidae
Subfamily: Pectininae
Tribe: Decatopectinini
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 mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

Description

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

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

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