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Hi Linda,
I believe your third spelling, Chlamys cloacata (Reeve, 1853) is the correct
one.  Kind of interesting name.  Literally translated it means "resembling a
sewer".  However I suspect Reeve may have been engaging in a little
"Anglo-Latin" here, and intended it to mean "resembling a cloak".  Which
incidentally, is also what the Greek word Chlamys means - a cloak or cape.
Paul M.

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