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Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863)

394395  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394395)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Pectinida (Order)
  8. Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Pectinidae (Family)
  10. Pectininae (Subfamily)
  11. Decatopectinini (Tribe)
  12. Glorichlamys (Genus)
  13. Glorichlamys elegantissima (Species)
accepted
Species
Chlamys cooperi (E. A. Smith, 1903) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pecten cooperi E. A. Smith, 1903 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes, 1863 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117
page(s): 32, pl. 4, figs 11, 12. [details] 
Type locality contained in Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [details]
Depth range below littoral  
Depth range below littoral [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394395 on 2025-09-10
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2009-05-02 18:17:13Z
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Dijkstra, Henk
2013-04-06 20:43:12Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Pecten cooperi E. A. Smith, 1903) Smith, E. A. (1903). Marine Mollusca. In: Gardiner, J. S. (Ed.) 1901-1906. The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive archipelagoes: being an account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900, 2(2): pp. 589-630, pls. 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10782463
page(s): 621, pl. 36, figs 15-18 [details] 

original description (of Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117
page(s): 32, pl. 4, figs 11, 12. [details] 

additional source Dijkstra, H. H.; Kilburn, R. N. (2001). The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea). <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 42: 263-321., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/355603
page(s): 279 [details] OpenAccess publication

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

Nontype (of Chlamys cooperi (E. A. Smith, 1903)) BMNH L. 43823, geounit Pemba [details]
Unreviewed
Depth range below littoral [details]

Length >20 mm [details]
To Conchology (Glorichlamys elegantissima) 
To Malacopics (Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863) Réunion, Cap la Houssaye, St. Gilles, collected March 1991, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis) 
Unreviewed
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