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Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
1665007 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1665007)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Subspecies Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis miotransversa (Schaffer, 1910) † accepted as Aequipecten opercularis miotransversa Schaffer, 1910 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis trigonocosta Hilber, 1882 † accepted as Aequipecten opercularis opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis var. costatissima Sacco, 1897 † accepted as Aequipecten opercularis opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis var. laevigatoides Sacco, 1897 † accepted as Aequipecten opercularis opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis var. paucicostata Sacco, 1897 † accepted as Aequipecten opercularis opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis var. plioparvula Sacco, 1897 † accepted as Aequipecten opercularis opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis var. tauroelongata Sacco, 1897 † accepted as Aequipecten opercularis opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis var. trigonocosta Hilber, 1882 † accepted as Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis trigonocosta Hilber, 1882 † accepted as Aequipecten opercularis opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis var. sexdecimcostata Sacco, 1897 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(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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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1665007 on 2025-09-11
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(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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basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 80 [details]

basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 80 [details]