Talk:Mimachlamys varia

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I created this page because I had trouble findng an English translation of the Spanish "Zamburiña." I'm no expert on scallops, however, so if anyone could fill in the gaps that would be appreciated. Dylan.burton (talk) 17:11, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Right valve

Chlamys varia, also known as the variegated scallop, is a small bi-valve mollusc in the scallop family, Pectinidae. It occurs in the North Sea, the English Channel, the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea, living at depths of up to around 100 m along coastal rocky areas. It typically lives under boulders or among the holdfasts of seaweeds. The shell of Chlamys varia comes in a range of colours and variegated patterns including white, pink, red, orange, yellow, or purple, and anything in between. Both valves are convex, rounded or oval, and symmetrical except for the ears on either side of the umbo. The shell does not usually exceed 6 cm in length. This C. varia shell, with left and right valves shown, was originally found in the Adriatic Sea near Italy.

Photograph credit: Llez

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Confusion over distribution

It is a little confusing that the distribution is twice described as ". . . the North Sea, the English Channel, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Red Sea, but the Featured picture states "This C. varia shell, with left and right valves shown, was originally found in the Adriatic Sea near Italy."

The caption of another picture in the article, "Right valve from the Pliocene of Italy" might cause one to infer (wrongly) that the species must once have also inhabited the Mediterranean Sea but is now extinct there (hence the disconnected Red Sea population, one would guess), but in fact Reference [2] states that beyond Great Britain and Ireland, "It is found from Denmark to the Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean, and off the coast of West Africa."

I will therefore amend the distribution descriptions and cite this to Reference [2]. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 51.198.104.88 (talk) 23:27, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]