MolluscaBase - Pecten (Chlamys) opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Pecten (Chlamys) opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

1662670 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1662670)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pecten (Chlamys) Röding, 1798 accepted as Chlamys Röding, 1798

Original name

Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758

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Variety Pecten (Chlamys) opercularis var. perdix Bavay, 1906 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pecten (Chlamys) opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1662670 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-05-27 16:43:18Z

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Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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