Scaeochlamys

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Scaeochlamys squamata (MNHN-IM-2000-21268) 001.jpeg

| image_caption = Shells of Scaeochlamys squamata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)

| taxon = Scaeochlamys

| authority = Iredale, 1929

| type_species= Pecten lividus Lamarck, 1819

| display_parents= 3

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Scaeochlamys is a genus of marine bivalves belonging to subfamily Pedinae of the family Pectinidae. The Scaeochlamys was originally known as the Ostrea squamata Gmelin.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scaeochlamys squamata (Gmelin, 1791) |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393331 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=www.marinespecies.org}} They are found below littoral zone.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scaeochlamys squamata (Gmelin, 1791) |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393331 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}

Species

There are three recognized species:

{{Linked species list

| Scaeochlamys lemniscata | (Reeve, 1853)

| Scaeochlamys livida | (Lamarck, 1819)

| Scaeochlamys squamata | (Gmelin, 1791)

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References

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{{cite WoRMS |title=Scaeochlamys Iredale, 1929 |year=2024 |id=393325 |db=MolluscaBase |access-date=13 August 2024}}

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