NARMS name details
Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
151612 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151612)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Pecten opercularis var. albopurpurascens Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Pecten opercularis var. albovariegata Clément, 1874 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Pecten opercularis var. aspera Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Pecten opercularis var. concolor Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Pecten opercularis var. depressa Locard, 1888 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Pecten opercularis var. elongata Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Pecten opercularis var. luteus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(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 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151612 on 2025-05-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=151612 on 2025-05-17
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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
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. <i>De Strandvlo 4(1)</i>: 4-17 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 256 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. <i>De Strandvlo 4(1)</i>: 4-17 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 256 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
