Chlamys

For the scallop genus, see Chlamys (genus). The beetle genus described as Chlamys is now Neochlamisus.

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 CE.