Chlamys
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See also: chlamys
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χλᾰμῠ́ς (khlămŭ́s, “mantle”).
Proper noun
Chlamys f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pectinidae – small scallops; many species formerly included in Chlamys are now in other genera in Pectinidae.
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – warty leaf beetles, now Neochlamisus.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Pectinidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class; Pteriomorphia – subclass; Pectinida – order; Pectinoidea – superfamily; Pectinidae – family; Chlamydinae or Pedinae - subfamily; Chlamydini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus in Pectinidae): Chlamys islandica - type species; Chlamys albida, Chlamys behringiana, Chlamys chosenica, Chlamys hastata, †Chlamys mawsoni, †Chlamys mercuria, Chlamys rubida, †Chlamys textoria - other species
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “Chlamys”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “Chlamys”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- beetle
Neochlamisus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bivalve
- Chlamys (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chlamys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Chlamys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Chlamys at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Chlamys at World Register of Marine Species
- Chlamys at AnimalBase
- Chlamys at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
