Mimachlamys sanguinea Senatorial Scallopm, Noble Scallop

Mimachlamys sanguinea is commonly referred to as Senatorial Scallopm, Noble Scallop. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Alan Sutton, Tansania

MG_8813_Mimachlamys sanguinea Tanzania

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lexID:: 15137
AphiaID:: 393737

Scientific:: Mimachlamys sanguinea
German:: Feine Kammmuschel, Edle Jakobsmuschel
English:: Senatorial Scallopm, Noble Scallop

Category:: Sea Shells

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pectinida (Order) > Pectinidae (Family) > Mimachlamys (Genus) > sanguinea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Suez-Kanal, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Indian Ocean, Israel, Lessepsian migrant, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Melanesia, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania, the Mediterranean Sea, Vietnam
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: - 71 Meter
Size:: 2.36" - 4.72" (6cm - 12cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Mimachlamys albolineata
Mimachlamys asperrima
Kammmuschel
Mimachlamys cloacata
Mimachlamys crassicostata
Mimachlamys funebris
Mimachlamys gloriosa
Mimachlamys lentiginosa
Mimachlamys meli
Mimachlamys sanguinea
Feine Kammmuschel, Edle Jakobsmuschel
Mimachlamys scabricostata
Mimachlamys townsendi
Mimachlamys varia
Bunte Kammmuschel

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-09-01 16:29:26
Last edit:: 2022-09-01 16:39:19

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Mimachlamys sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Senatorial scallop is a bivalve in the family Pectinidae.

Shell solid, medium sized, higher than long and rounded-ovate in outline. Both valves convex and subequal, the right (lower) valve a little flatter than the left upper valve.

Colour: outside of shell variable, dull purple, brown or orange, frequently variegated with paler blotches.

Die Senatorial-Jakobsmuschel ist ein Filtrierer und ernährt sich von Plankton.

Synonymised names:
Chlamys (Mimachlamys) asperrimoides Powell, 1958 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chlamys cristularis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) · unaccepted
Chlamys layardi (Reeve, 1853) · unaccepted
Chlamys pseudolima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) · unaccepted
Chlamys senatoria (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Mimachlamys cristularis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) · unaccepted
Mimachlamys ellochena Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mimachlamys senatoria (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Ostrea porphyrea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ostrea sanguinea Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ostrea senatoria Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten aurantius Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten blandus Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten cristularis A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten florens Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten fricatus Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten indicus Deshayes, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten layardi Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten porphyreus Chemnitz, 1784 · unaccepted (unavailable name: published in a...)
Pecten porphyrius Chemnitz · unaccepted
Pecten pseudolima G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten raffrayi Jousseaume, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten senatoria (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Pecten splendidulus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

External links

sealifebase.ca (en). Abgerufen am 01.09.2022.
seaunseen.com (en). Abgerufen am 01.09.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 01.09.2022.

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