Flexopecten hyalinus

Flexopecten hyalinus, the hyaline scallop, is a species of saltwater clams, a scallop, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

Hyaline scallop
A valve of Flexopecten hyalinus from Sicily on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Flexopecten
Species:	F. hyalinus
Binomial name
Flexopecten hyalinus (Poli, 1795)
Synonyms
Lissopecten hyalinus (Poli, 1795) Ostrea hyalina Poli, 1795 Palliolum hyalinum (Poli, 1795) Pecten flagellatus Delessert, 1841 Pecten pellucidus Lamarck, 1819 Pecten pulcherrimus Risso, 1826 Pecten succineus Risso, 1826

Description

The shell of an adult Flexopecten hyalinus can be as large as 20–30 millimetres (0.79–1.18 in). This shell is delicate, with a brown or pale brown surface, almost translucent and has quite flat ribs.

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

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  Right valve
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  Left valve

Distribution

This species can be found in the Mediterranean Sea, from Italy and Croatia to Greece, under rocks or dead leaves of algae, usually at depths of about 10 m.

References

• Schiaparelli, Stefano (2006). Bivalvi, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
• Pesi