MolluscaBase taxon details
Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819)
156817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156817)
accepted
Species
Aequipecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pecten nucleus irradians (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Argopecten irradians amplicostatus (Dall, 1898)
- Subspecies Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say, 1822)
- Subspecies Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck, 1819)
- Subspecies Argopecten irradians sablensis (A. H. Clarke, 1965)
- Subspecies Argopecten irradians taylorae Petuch, 1987 accepted as Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say, 1822)
marine
(of Pecten irradians Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
Distribution 45°N to 40°N; 75°W to 70°W, Nova Scotia, Gulf of St. Lawrence and southward
Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region)
Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region)
Distribution 45°N to 40°N; 75°W to 70°W, Nova Scotia, Gulf of St. Lawrence and southward
Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) [details]
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(of Pecten irradians Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
taxonomy source Bert T.M., Arnold W.S., McMillen-Jackson A.L., Wilbur A.E. & Crawford C. (2011) Natural and anthropogenic forces shape the population genetics and recent evolutionary history of eastern United States Bay Scallops (<i>Argopecten irradians</i>). &i>Journal of shellfish Research</i> 30(3): 583-608. [details]
additional source Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details]
additional source Kraeuter, J., Adamkewicz, L., Castagna, M., Wall, R. & Karney, R. (1984). Rib number and shell color in hybridized subspecies of the Atlantic bay scallop, <i>Argopecten irradians</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 98(1): 17-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277037 [details]
taxonomy source Bert T.M., Arnold W.S., McMillen-Jackson A.L., Wilbur A.E. & Crawford C. (2011) Natural and anthropogenic forces shape the population genetics and recent evolutionary history of eastern United States Bay Scallops (<i>Argopecten irradians</i>). &i>Journal of shellfish Research</i> 30(3): 583-608. [details]
additional source Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details]
additional source Kraeuter, J., Adamkewicz, L., Castagna, M., Wall, R. & Karney, R. (1984). Rib number and shell color in hybridized subspecies of the Atlantic bay scallop, <i>Argopecten irradians</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 98(1): 17-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277037 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution 45°N to 40°N; 75°W to 70°W, Nova Scotia, Gulf of St. Lawrence and southwardGulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) [details]
Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Malacopics (Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) United States, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Hyannis, Ocean side Lewis Bay)
To Malacopics (Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) United States, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Hyannis, Ocean side Lewis Bay, washed ashore, among seaweed, collected November 1984, ex coll. W.J.H. Onver...
To NMNH Extant Collection (JPEM 06257)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032847)
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) United States, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Hyannis, Ocean side Lewis Bay, washed ashore, among seaweed, collected November 1984, ex coll. W.J.H. Onver...
To NMNH Extant Collection (JPEM 06257)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032847)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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