MolluscaBase - Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776)

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Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776)

AphiaID

1642675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1642675)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank

Species

Parent

Chlamys (Chlamys) Röding, 1798 represented as Chlamys Röding, 1798

Original name

Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776

Synonymised names

Chlamys (Chlamys) islandicus (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Direct children (5)

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Subspecies Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica albida (Dall, 1906) accepted as Chlamys albida (Dall, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subspecies Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica erythrocomata (Dall, 1907) accepted as Chlamys albida (Dall, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica kanagae MacNeil, 1967 † represented as Chlamys islandica kanagae MacNeil, 1967 †
Subspecies Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica powersi MacNeil, 1967 † represented as Chlamys islandica powersi MacNeil, 1967 †
Subspecies Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica thulensis MacNeil, 1967 † represented as Chlamys islandica thulensis MacNeil, 1967 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1642675 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-02-20 13:42:07Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Documented distribution (3)

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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality