Dear John,

Present papers including Mimachlamys Iredale, 1929 and Mimachlamydini
Waller, 1993 are:

Waller, T.R., 1991. Evolutionary relationship among commercial scallops
(Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae), Pp. 1-73 [P.31: The Mimachlamys group].
In: S.E. Shumway (Ed.), Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture.
Elsevier, Amsterdam, etc., 1095 pp.

Waller, T.R., 1993. The evolution of "Chlamys" (Mollusca: Bivalvia:
Pectinidae) in the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. - American
Malacological Bulletin 10(2): 195-249.

All the best,

Henk

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>Van: John Wolff <[log in to unmask]>
>Aan: [log in to unmask]
>Onderwerp: Re: Antw: A Spelling Test
>Datum: woe, 2 feb 2000 15:36
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> Dear Henk
>
> Welcome to Conch-L. Thank you for your thorough reply to Linda's
> question--even though it destroyed three lots in my collection (pelseneeri
> and curtisiana). I hope that we can learn further from your knowledge of
> Pectinidae which I find fascinating but utterly confusing.
>
> Starting with Vaught's classification updated with whatever papers I could
> get my hands on, I have a list of 43 "valid" genera for Pectinidae, but it
> does not contain Mimachlamys. When or where did that come back?
>
>
> 09:05 AM 2/2/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>>Dear Linda,
>>
>>The original spelling is: Pecten cloacatus Reeve, 1853, now placed in
>>Mimachlamys: Mimachlamys cloacata (Reeve, 1853) and a senior synonym of the
>>following species: Pecten valdecostatus Melvill, 1888, Pecten (Chlamys)
>>pelseneeri Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912 (nom. nov. of Pecten rugosus G.B.
>>Sowerby 2nd, 1842, not of Lamarck), and Mimachlamys curtisiana Iredale,
>>1939. The present species is living littorally on soft sediments throughout
>>the western and southwestern Pacific.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>
>>Henk
>>
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>>c/o Zoological Museum, Dept. Malacology, University of Amsterdam
>>PO Box 94766, 1090 GT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
>>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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> John Wolff
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