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Amusium
Sign in to saveAmusium is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pectinidae. Previously, the genus contained several extant genera, but as of 2025 most species, such as A. balloti, A. fenestratum, and A. japonicum, were moved to the genera Dentamusium, Euvola, Parvamussium, Pecten, Propeamussium, and Ylistrum; subgenera were elevated to create some genera.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderPectinida
- FamilyPectinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 176
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Pectinidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWBM, SDNHM, UF, PRI
- Recorded in
- Italy, Fiji, United States, Belgium, Argentina
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Amusium is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pectinidae. Previously, the genus contained several extant genera, but as of 2025 most species, such as A. balloti, A. fenestratum, and A. japonicum, were moved to the genera Dentamusium, Euvola, Parvamussium, Pecten, Propeamussium, and Ylistrum; subgenera were elevated to create some genera.
Currently, Amusium has a single recognized living species; Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amusium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.