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Flexopecten

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Flexopecten
A valve ofFlexopecten glabersubspeciesponticus
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Flexopecten
Sacco, 1897[1]

Flexopectenis agenusof saltwaterscallops,marinebivalvemollusksin the familyPectinidae,the scallops.

Species

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Species and subspecies within the genusFlexopecteninclude:

Synonyms:

  • Flexopecten coarctatus(Born, 1778) =Flexopecten flexuosus(Poli, 1795)
  • Flexopecten glaber glaber(Linnaeus, 1758) =Flexopecten glaber(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Flexopecten glaber proteus(Dillwyn, 1817) =Flexopecten glaber(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Flexopecten ponticus=Flexopecten glaber ponticus(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889)
  • Flexopecten proteus(Dillwyn, 1817) =Flexopecten glaber(Linnaeus, 1758)

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