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Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776)

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes? of Pecten pealii. Conrad, 1831. American marine conchology ; or descriptions and coloured figures of the shells of the Atlantic coast of North America : 11-12 - catalog no. 56149)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes? of Pecten pealii. Conrad, 1831. American marine conchology ; or descriptions and coloured figures of the shells of the Atlantic coast of North America : 11-12 - catalog no. 56149)

140692  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140692)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Pectinida (Order)
  8. Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Pectinidae (Family)
  10. Pedinae (Subfamily)
  11. Chlamydini (Tribe)
  12. Chlamys (Genus)
  13. Chlamys islandica (Species)
accepted
Species
Chlamys (Chlamys) islandicus (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chlamys costellata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chlamys islandicus (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Ostrea cinnabarina Born, 1778 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ostrea cinnabrina Born, 1780 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ostrea demissa Solander, 1797 · unaccepted > unavailable name
Pecten (Chlamys) islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pecten fabricii R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pecten pealeii Conrad, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pecten peali [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pecten pealii [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pecten peslei Lucas, 1979 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten rubidus Martyn, 1792 · unaccepted (not available:published in a...)  
not available:published in a publication rejected by ICZN opinion 456

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(of Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 248 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution 77.5°N to 41.7°N; 70.7°W to 20°W, Greenland to Massachusetts  
Distribution 77.5°N to 41.7°N; 70.7°W to 20°W, Greenland to Massachusetts [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140692 on 2025-09-10
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2009-04-20 11:37:21Z
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Dijkstra, Henk
2011-10-19 01:46:43Z
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Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 248 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pecten pealeii Conrad, 1831) Conrad, T. A. (1831). Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6(2): 256-268, plate 11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677674
page(s): 260-261 [details] 

original description (of Pecten rubidus Martyn, 1792) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680 [details] 

original description (of Chlamys costellata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897) Verrill, A. E. (1897). A study of the family Pectinidae, with a revision of the genera and subgenera. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10: 41-95, pls. 16-21., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456846
page(s): 75-76 [details] 

original description (of Ostrea cinnabarina Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]; (Kraus)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 [details] 

original description (of Ostrea cinnabrina Born, 1780) Born, I. Von. (1780). Testacea Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis, quæ jussu Mariæ Theresiæ Augustæ disposuit et descripsit. Vindobonæ [Vienna]. J. P. Kraus. pp. I-XXXVI [= 1-36], 1-442, 1-18 pls. , available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN574450726 [details] 

original description (of Pecten fabricii R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 101, pl. 4.3 (pl. Pecten, 1), fig. 5 [details] 

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Greve, L.; Samuelsen, T. J. (1970). A population of <i>Chlamys islandica</i>(O. F. Müller) found in western Norway. <em>Sarsia.</em> 45(1): 17-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1970.10411181 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 7.5 to 10 cm in size [details]

Distribution 77.5°N to 41.7°N; 70.7°W to 20°W, Greenland to Massachusetts [details]

Habitat intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction species is hermaphrditic; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity and young hatch as pelagic larvae.  [details]
LanguageName 
English Iceland scallop  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål haneskjell  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk haneskjel  [details]
Turkish midye [from synonym]  [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes? of Pecten pealii. Conrad, 1831. American marine conchology ; or descriptions and coloured figures of the shells of the Atlantic coast of North America : 11-12 - catalog no. 56149) (from synonym Pecten pealeii Conrad, 1831)
To Conchology (Chlamys islandica ALBINO) 
To Conchology (Chlamys islandica GIANT) 
To Conchology (Chlamys islandica RED) 
To Conchology (Chlamys islandica YOUNG) 
To Conchology (Chlamys islandica) 
To Malacopics (Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776) Iceland, at 20 m depth, collected May 1980, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776) Japan, Hokkaidô, Hidaka, Mombetsu, by trawling, collected 1989, ex coll. Natuurmuseum Enschede) 
To Malacopics (Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776) Norway, Nordland, Lofoten Islands, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776) Norway, Svalbard, Bear Island, Bjornoybanken, by trawling, at 25 m depth, collected 2016-06-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM MO 637762_1) 
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM MO 637762_2) 
To ITIS
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