MolluscaBase name details
Macrochlamys Sacco, 1897 †
1637481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1637481)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Macrochlamys Benson, 1834 [Gastropoda], and placed on the Official Index by Opinion 2203)
Genus
Ostrea latissima Brocchi, 1814 † accepted as Gigantopecten latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) † (type by original designation)
Macrochlamis Sacco, 1897 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
- Species Macrochlamys latissima (Brocchi, 1814) † accepted as Gigantopecten latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Macrochlamys magnolia (Conrad, 1857) † accepted as Gigantopecten magnolia (Conrad, 1857) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, genus is a junior homonym)
- Species Macrochlamys tournali [sic] † accepted as Gigantopecten tournalii (de Serres, 1829) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Chlamys (Macrochlamis) Sacco, 1897 †) Sacco F. (1897). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, Parte 24. <em>Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino.</em> 12(298): 101-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11810053
page(s): 101 [details]
page(s): 101 [details]
Status Original spelling Macrochlamis, ruled by Opinion 2203 to be an incorrect original spelling. Diagnosed [and spelled...
Status Original spelling Macrochlamis, ruled by Opinion 2203 to be an incorrect original spelling. Diagnosed [and spelled Macrochlamys] by Sacco, 1897 [December], I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, 24: 32. Invalid: junior homonym of Macrochlamys Gray, 1847 [Gastropoda], and placed on the Official Index by Opinion 2203. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrochlamys Sacco, 1897 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1637481 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Chlamys (Macrochlamis) Sacco, 1897 †) Sacco F. (1897). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, Parte 24. <em>Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino.</em> 12(298): 101-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11810053
page(s): 101 [details]
page(s): 101 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Original spelling Macrochlamis, ruled by Opinion 2203 to be an incorrect original spelling. Diagnosed [and spelled Macrochlamys] by Sacco, 1897 [December], I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, 24: 32. Invalid: junior homonym of Macrochlamys Gray, 1847 [Gastropoda], and placed on the Official Index by Opinion 2203. [details]
