MolluscaBase - Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

140712 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140712)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776

Original name

Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Pecten medius Lamarck, 1819, sensu Daniel, 1884 · unaccepted (misapplication)

Pecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (synonym)

Plicatula similis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) · unaccepted

Vola maxima (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Subspecies Pecten maximus sulcicostatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 accepted as Pecten sulcicostatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ostrea maxima 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 696 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Distribution Living specimens of Pecten maximus are often supplied by the fisherman. The exact origin is not known (Vanwalleghem, in...

Distribution Living specimens of Pecten maximus are often supplied by the fisherman. The exact origin is not known (Vanwalleghem, in litt.). [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140712 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-04-27 13:50:52Z

changed

Dijkstra, Henk

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ostrea maxima 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 696 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Pecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 140-143; pl. 9 fig. 3 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

additional source Wilding C.S., Beaumont A.R. & Latchford J.W. (1999). Are Pecten maximus and Pecten jacobeus different species?. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 79: 949-952 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Le Pennec, M.; Paugam, A.; Le Pennec, G. (2003). The pelagic life of the pectinid Pecten maximus — a review. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 60(2): 211-233., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s1054-3139(02)00270-9 [details]

additional source Malard, A. E. (1890). Le Pecten maximus et ses parasites. Le Naturaliste. ser. 2, 4 (no. 74): 77-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6681360
page(s): 77-78 [details]

additional source Rı́os, C.; Sanz, S.; Saavedra, C.; Peña, J. (2002). Allozyme variation in populations of scallops, Pecten jacobaeus (L.) and P. maximus (L.) (Bivalvia: Pectinidae), across the Almeria–Oran front. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 267(2): 223-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(01)00371-9 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database
Mediterranean Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
Spain
From regional or thematic species database
China
South Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed
Belgium
English Channel
France
Ireland
North Atlantic Ocean
Skagerrak
United Kingdom

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species impact Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Water abstraction or nuisance fouling [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Aquaculture [details]

Unreviewed

Distribution Living specimens of Pecten maximus are often supplied by the fisherman. The exact origin is not known (Vanwalleghem, in litt.). [details]

Length >150 mm [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Catalan	petxina de pelegrí de l'Atlàntic	[details]
Danish	stor kammuslingkammusling	[details]
Dutch	St. Jacobschelpsint-jacobsschelpgrote mantelschelpgrote mantel	[details]
English	St. James' shellscalloppelgrim scallopking scallopgreat scallopgreat Atlantic scallopcoquille St. Jacquescommon scallop	[details]
French	grande vannegrande coquille st. Jacquescoquille St-Jacques atlantiquecocquille Saint-Jacques	[details]
Galician	vieira	[details]
German	Kammuschelgroβe PilgermuschelGroße Pilgermuschelgrosse KammmuschelGroße JakobsmuschelAtlantische Pilgermuschel	[details]
Icelandic	risdiskur	[details]
Italian	ventagliopettine maggiorecappasanta atlantica	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	kamskjell	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	kamskjel	[details]
Portuguese	vieira	[details]
Russian	grebeshok	[details]
Spanish	concha de Santiagoconcha de peregrino	[details]
Swedish	stor kammusslakalmmussla	[details]
Welsh	cragen gylchog	[details]