Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795)

Last update: 8 Ottobre 2018
1) Anzio, Rome. 50/80m. 35.1mm

SYNONYMS:
Chlamys flexuosa (Poli, 1795)
Chlamys tentorialis Noodt, 1819
Flexopecten coarctatus (Born, 1778)
Ostrea coarctata Born, 1778
Ostrea depressa Gmelin, 1791
Ostrea flexuosa Poli, 1795
Pecten amphicyrtus Locard, 1888
Pecten ferrugineus Locard, 1889
Pecten flagellatus Lamarck, 1819
Pecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795)
Pecten flexuosus var. biradiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889
Pecten isabella Lamarck, 1819
Pecten plicatulus Risso, 1826
Pecten polymorphus Bronn in Philippi, 1836

DISTRIBUTION:
Central-Westerm Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

REMARKS:
For comparison between F. glaber and F. flexuosus, look in “Comparison”.

LITERATURE:
-Delle Chiaie, S.; Poli, G. S. (1791). Testacea utriusque siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma, Regio Typographeio. vol. 2, pp. 75-264, i-lxxvi, pl. 19-39. page(s): 161, pl. 28 fig. 11

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Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795)
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