''Ylistrum'' is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks 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 ...
, the scallops.
Species
Species in the genus ''Ylistrum''
* ''
Ylistrum balloti''
(Bernardi, 1861)
* ''
Ylistrum japonicum
''Ylistrum japonicum'', known as saucer scallop is found around the waters of Japan, Philippines, south eastern Asia and Australia. Well regarded as seafood
Seafood is any form of Marine life, sea life regarded as food by humans, prominent ...
''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806)
* Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete
* ...
, 1791)
* † ''
Ylistrum morganense''
(Beu & Darragh, 2001)
References
External links
Mynhardt, G.; Alejandrino, A.; Puslednik, L.; Corrales, J.; Serb, J. M. (2014). Shell shape convergence masks biological diversity in gliding scallops: description of Ylistrum n. gen. (Pectinidae) from the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 80(4): 400-411
Pectinidae
Bivalve genera
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