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Chlamys
The chlamys (Ancient Greek: χλαμύς, gen.: χλαμύδος) was an Ancient Greek type of rather short cloak. By the time of the Byzantine Empire it was, in a much longer form, part of the state costume of the emperor and high officials, surviving as such until at least the 12th century AD.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Spiny Scallop
speciesChlamys hastata
Icelandic Scallop
speciesChlamys islandica
Reddish Scallop
speciesChlamys rubida
Chlamys opuntia
speciesChlamys opuntia
Chlamys chosenica
speciesChlamys chosenica
white scallop
speciesChlamys albida
Bering scallop
speciesChlamys behringiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84497.