Lissochlamys
Genus of bivalves
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Lissochlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Species within this genus have a West African and Northern Mediterranean distribution.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Lissochlamys Sacco, 1897 |
The fossil record of this species dates back to the Pliocene (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago).[4]
Species
Species within the genus Lissochlamys include:
- Lissochlamys exotica (L.W. Dillwyn, 1817)[5]
