MolluscaBase - Chlamys (Chlamys) varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Chlamys (Chlamys) varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

1817060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1817060)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

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

Original name

Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (2)

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Variety Chlamys (Chlamys) varia var. alternicostula Sacco, 1897 † accepted as Mimachlamys varia varia (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Chlamys (Chlamys) varia var. percostulata Sacco, 1897 † accepted as Mimachlamys varia varia (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Ostrea varia 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
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chlamys (Chlamys) varia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1817060 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2025-06-06 20:45:03Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Ostrea varia 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
page(s): 698 [details] Available for editors

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