''Caribachlamys'' is a genus of
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the family
Pectinidae
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of Marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusc, molluscs in the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also ...
.
[Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 27-28.]
Species
* ''
Caribachlamys imbricata''
(Gmelin, 1791) — Little knobby scallop
* ''
Caribachlamys ornata''
(Lamarck, 1819) — Ornate scallop
* ''
Caribachlamys sentis''
(Reeve, 1853) — Sentis scallop
References
Pectinidae
Bivalve genera
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