Flexopecten Explained

Flexopecten is a genus of saltwater scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

Species

Species and subspecies within the genus Flexopecten include:

• Flexopecten felipponei (Dall, 1922)
• Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795)
• Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Flexopecten glaber ponticus (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889)
• Flexopecten hyalinus (Poli, 1795)

Synonyms:

• Flexopecten coarctatus (Born, 1778) = Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795)
• Flexopecten glaber glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) = Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Flexopecten glaber proteus (Dillwyn, 1817) = Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Flexopecten ponticus = Flexopecten glaber ponticus (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889)
• Flexopecten proteus (Dillwyn, 1817) = Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• WoRMS info on the genus