Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinida > Superfamily Pectinoidea > Family Pectinidae > Subfamily Pedinae > Tribe Chlamydini > Genus Laevichlamys

Laevichlamys superficialis (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LaevichlamysT. R. Waller, 1993accepted genus name

Species group names

Ostrea superficialis Forsskål, 1775 synonym

Literature

additional source

Malki Y, Korkos D. & Mienis.H.K. (2020). A first record of Laevichlamys superficialis from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Triton. 40:1-3.

new combination reference

Dijkstra, H. H.; Knudsen, J. (1998). Some Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae) of the Red Sea. Molluscan Research. 19 (2): 43-103.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laevichlamys superficialis (Forsskål, 1775). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393117

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2022-08-20 by Simon Schneider

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