Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Pectinidae
Subfamilia: Pectininae
Tribus: Aequipectinini
Genus: Flexopecten
Species (4): F. felipponei – F. flexuosus – F. glaber – F. hyalinus
Name
Flexopecten Sacco, 1897
Synonyms
Glabropecten Sacco, 1897
Lissopecten Verrill, 1897
Proteopecten Monterosato, 1899
References
Bellardi, L. & F. Sacco 1897: I molluschi die terreni terziari del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXIV. Torino: Carlo Clausen: 84p. BHL
Links
Flexopecten in the World Register of Marine Species
ION
Flexopecten – Taxon details on Nomenclator Zoologicus (NZ).
Flexopecten is a genus of saltwater scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Species
Species and subspecies within the genus Flexopecten include:
Flexopecten felipponei (Dall, 1922)
Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795)
Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
Flexopecten glaber ponticus (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889)
Flexopecten hyalinus (Poli, 1795)
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)
References
WoRMS info on the genus
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