Lissochlamys Temporal range:
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Lissochlamys | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: |
Lissochlamys Sacco, 1897 |
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]
The fossil record of this species dates back to the Pliocene (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago). [4]
Species within the genus Lissochlamys include: