WoRMS name details
Ctena pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
592118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:592118)
unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Species
marine
(of Cardium pectinatum 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
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Taxonomy Huber (2010: 70, 2015: 436) restored the unused Linnean name Cardium pectinatum Linnaeus, 1758 as an earlier name for the...
Taxonomy Huber (2010: 70, 2015: 436) restored the unused Linnean name Cardium pectinatum Linnaeus, 1758 as an earlier name for the species generally known as Ctena eburnea (Gmelin, 1791), based on a type specimen in Uppsala. However this contradicts the Mediterranean type locality of Cardium pecten, and the reference to Gualteri which implies at least another syntype of Mediterranean origin, so is not followed here. The name has remained unused and should not either be restored for the Mediterranean Ctena decussata (O.G. Costa, 1829) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ctena pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592118 on 2025-07-10
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(of Cardium pectinatum 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
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Huber (2010: 70, 2015: 436) restored the unused Linnean name Cardium pectinatum Linnaeus, 1758 as an earlier name for the species generally known as Ctena eburnea (Gmelin, 1791), based on a type specimen in Uppsala. However this contradicts the Mediterranean type locality of Cardium pecten, and the reference to Gualteri which implies at least another syntype of Mediterranean origin, so is not followed here. The name has remained unused and should not either be restored for the Mediterranean Ctena decussata (O.G. Costa, 1829) [details]
