Cyclochlamys aperta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pectinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Pteriomorphia Ordo: Pectinida Superfamilia: Pectinoidea

Familia: Cyclochlamydidae
Genus: Cyclochlamys
Species: Cyclochlamys aperta

Name

• Cyclochlamys aperta Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2012: 394, figs 1A-E

Holotype: MNHN 24271.

Type locality: Vanuatu Archipelago, west of Tutuba Island, 15°33.6’S, 167°16.5’E, 70 m (SANTO 2006 stn DS93).

Etymology: A micro-scallop with a smooth disc (Latin “apertus”, adjective meaning uncovered or laevis).

References

• Dijkstra, Henk H. & Philippe Maestrati, 2012: Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago. Zoosystema, 34(2): 389–408.