MolluscaBase name details
Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
140696 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140696)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Chlamys varius (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Pecten varius (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Chlamys varia nivea (MacGillivray, 1825) accepted as Mimachlamys varia nivea (MacGillivray, 1825)
- Variety Chlamys varia var. interstriata Schaffer, 1910 † accepted as Mimachlamys varia varia (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Chlamys varia var. nivea (MacGillivray, 1825) accepted as Mimachlamys varia nivea (MacGillivray, 1825)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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(of Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 698 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 698 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | freskorja e larmishme | [details] |
| Catalan | petxina variada | [details] |
| Dutch | bonte mantel | [details] |
| English | variegated scallop | [details] |
| French | pétonclepeigne | [details] |
| Galician | zamburiña | [details] |
| German | bunte Kammmuschel | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | urskjell | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | urskjel | [details] |
| Spanish | zamburiña | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Chlamys varius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (456 publications) (from synonym Pecten varius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To GenBank (1568 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Chlamys varius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (456 publications) (from synonym Pecten varius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To GenBank (1568 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
