Chlamys

See also: chlamys

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χλᾰμῠ́ς (khlămŭ́s, “mantle”).

Proper noun

Chlamys f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pectinidae – small scallops; many species formerly included in Chlamys are now in other genera in Pectinidae.
2. (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[li] 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.