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

Flexopecten hyalinus (Poli, 1795)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Flexopecten*	Sacco, 1897	accepted genus name
*Chlamys (Flexopecten)*	Sacco, 1897	synonym
*Chlamys (Lissopecten)*	A. E. Verrill, 1897	synonym

Species group names

*Chlamys (Aequipecten) hyalina*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Chlamys (Aequipecten) hyalina var. radiata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Chlamys (Lissopecten) hyalinus*	(Poli, 1795)	synonym
*Pecten pellucidus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pecten pulcherrimus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Pecten succineus*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: hyaline scallop sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Transparente Kammmuschel

Literature

basis of record	Schiaparelli, S. (2008). Bivalvia. In: Relini G. (ed), Checklist della flora e della fauna dei mari italiani. Parte I. Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 15 (Suppl. 1): 296-314.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Flexopecten hyalinus (Poli, 1795). 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:236723