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Caribachlamys pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758)
393708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393708)
accepted
Species
Caribachlamys imbricata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Ostrea imbricata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ostrea pellucens Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pecten (Chlamys) imbricatus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Pecten imbricatus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
marine
(of Ostrea pellucens 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 
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Depth range below littoral
Depth range below littoral [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caribachlamys pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393708 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Ostrea pellucens 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 [request]
original description (of Ostrea imbricata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
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[request]original description (of Ostrea imbricata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Caribachlamys pellucens)
To Conchology (Caribachlamys pellucens)
To Conchology (Caribachlamys pellucens)
To Malacopics (Caribachlamys pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Caribachlamys pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, Palm Beach Co., Boca Raton, under rocky rubble, at 10.5-15 m depth, collected 1988, ex coll. Natuurmuseum Enschede)
To Conchology (Caribachlamys pellucens)
To Conchology (Caribachlamys pellucens)
To Malacopics (Caribachlamys pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Caribachlamys pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, Palm Beach Co., Boca Raton, under rocky rubble, at 10.5-15 m depth, collected 1988, ex coll. Natuurmuseum Enschede)
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