MolluscaBase - Mirapecten mirificus (Reeve, 1853)

WoRMS taxon details

Mirapecten mirificus (Reeve, 1853)

AphiaID

216649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216649)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mirapecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

Original name

Pecten mirificus Reeve, 1853

Synonymised names

Mirapecten thaanumi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten mirificus Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Pecten mirificus Reeve, 1853) Reeve, L. A. (1852-1853). Monograph of the genus Pecten. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-35 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-8, Nov. 1852; 9-12, Dec. 1852; 13-16, Feb. 1853; 17-20, Apr. 1853; 21-28, May 1853; 29-32, Jun. 1853; 33-35, Aug. 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120260
page(s): pl. 26, fig. 104 [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range below littoral

Depth range below littoral [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mirapecten mirificus (Reeve, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216649 on 2025-03-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-04-01 05:38:17Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2012-02-09 17:43:34Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mirapecten thaanumi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938) Dall, W. H.; Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1938). A manual of the Recent and fossil marine pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 153: 1-233, 58 pls. [25 July]., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015023271177 [details]

original description (of Pecten mirificus Reeve, 1853) Reeve, L. A. (1852-1853). Monograph of the genus Pecten. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-35 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-8, Nov. 1852; 9-12, Dec. 1852; 13-16, Feb. 1853; 17-20, Apr. 1853; 21-28, May 1853; 29-32, Jun. 1853; 33-35, Aug. 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120260
page(s): pl. 26, fig. 104 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica. 10: 1-108 [6 April 2013]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/504769 [details]

Other

additional source Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. Zootaxa 3217: 1-106. [29 Feb. 2012], available online at http://www.zora.uzh.ch/61152/1/12_Zootaxa.pdf
page(s): 33 [details]