WoRMS taxon details
Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 140687
AphiaID: 140687
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Pectinidae (Family) > Pedinae (Subfamily) > Aequipecten (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chlamys opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Ostrea dubia Gmelin, 1791 (synonym) Ostrea elegans Gmelin, 1791 (synonym) Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Ostrea radiata Gmelin, 1791 (synonym) Ostrea regia Gmelin, 1791 (synonym) Ostrea solaris Born, 1778 Ostrea versicolor Gmelin, 1791 (synonym) Pecten audouinii Payraudeau, 1826 (synonym) Pecten cretatus Reeve, 1853 (synonym) Pecten daucus Reeve, 1853 (synonym) Pecten lineatus Da Costa, 1778 (synonym) Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) Pecten pictus Da Costa, 1778 (synonym) Pecten subrufus Pennant, 1777 (synonym) Pecten vescoi Bavay, 1903 (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. De Strandvlo 11(3): 65-75 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 68 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record (from synonym): Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. De Strandvlo 4(1): 4-17 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Coast (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Canaries [details] De Panne (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Goote Bank [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Koksijde [details] Mauritania [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Morocco [details] North Sea [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Oostende [details] Smal Bank (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Mediterranean [details] Westdiep (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Westende [details] Westkust [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 22 proteins) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140687 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Dijkstra, H.; Gofas, S. (2013). Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140687 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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