Caribachlamys sentis (Reeve, 1853), Scaly Scallop

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CLICK HERE for detailed description and more photos of Caribachlamys mildredae (F. M. Bayer, 1941).

CLICK HERE for detailed description and more photos of Caribachlamys ornata (Lamarck, 1819).

[Marlo]

Although I did not post an inquiry on Conch-L about C. sentis, several of those responding about C. mildredae, C. ornata and L. multisquamata volunteered information regarding C. sentis as follows:

10/25/09: Wayne Harland offered comments in several emails, as follows:

"I have collected live C. multisquamata off Palm Beach, Pompano Beach and Boca Raton ... in 60' + of water under rock rubble. Other chlamys species [also] were found .... Oddly, C. sentis is found in shallow water along with mildredae but I've never collected them in the deeper waters off Florida."



10/31/09: Wayne added: "In shallow water (8-12') it [C. mildredae] was found in the exact habitat as P. sentis. In fact, I had instances where I found P. mildredae and P. sentis under the same rock." "... sentis, is highly variable in color, red/orange and purple being the most common, followed by white, an orange/white "sunrise ray" pattern and lastly yellow. I only found 1 yellow P. sentis."

11/03/09: Arne Ghys of Belgium (Pecten Site) reported collecting data for the C. ornata in his collection:

"All the specimens in my collection (11 spec.) are coming from Florida (Del Ray Beach - Big Pine Key - South Hillsboro Lighthouse Pompano Beach - Lt Sister Marathon Key - ...) and must be more common in this area and uncommon in the Southern Caribbean. All my specimens were found between 1 and 25 m depth and all attached on rocks."