WoRMS taxon details
Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
140712 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140712)
accepted
Species
Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Pecten medius Daniel, 1883 (synonym)
Pecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778 (synonym)
Subspecies Pecten maximus sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842 accepted as Pecten sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842
marine
(ofOstrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758) 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://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/3/mode/1up [details]
Depth range below littoral
Distribution Living specimens of Pecten maximus are often supplied by the fisherman. The exact origin is not known (Vanwalleghem, in...
Depth range below littoral [details]
Distribution Living specimens of Pecten maximus are often supplied by the fisherman. The exact origin is not known (Vanwalleghem, in...
Distribution Living specimens of Pecten maximus are often supplied by the fisherman. The exact origin is not known (Vanwalleghem, in litt.). [details]
MolluscaBase (2018). Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140712 on 2018-08-21
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original description
(ofOstrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758) 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://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/3/mode/1up [details]
original description (ofPecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778) da Costa E. M. (1778). Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae, or, The British Conchology. London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson. xii + 254 + viii pp. 17 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47268#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 140-143; pl. 9 fig. 3 [details]
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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record (ofOstrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758) 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record (ofPlicatula similis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (ofPecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778) da Costa E. M. (1778). Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae, or, The British Conchology. London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson. xii + 254 + viii pp. 17 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47268#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 140-143; pl. 9 fig. 3 [details]
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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record (ofOstrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758) 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record (ofPlicatula similis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Depth range below littoral [details]Distribution Living specimens of Pecten maximus are often supplied by the fisherman. The exact origin is not known (Vanwalleghem, in litt.). [details]
Length >150 mm [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | petxina de pelegrí de l'Atlàntic | [details] |
| Danish | stor kammuslingkammusling | [details] |
| Dutch | St. Jacobschelpsint-jacobsschelpgrote mantelschelpgrote mantel | [details] |
| English | St. James' shellscalloppelgrim scallopking scallopgreat scallopgreat Atlantic scallop | [details] |
| French | grande vannegrande coquille st. Jacquescoquille St-Jacques atlantiquecocquille Saint-Jacques | [details] |
| Galician | vieira | [details] |
| German | Kammuschelgroβe Pilgermuschelgrosse KammmuschelAtlantische Pilgermuschel | [details] |
| Icelandic | risdiskur | [details] |
| Italian | ventagliopettine maggiorecappasanta atlantica | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | kamskjell | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | kamskjel | [details] |
| Portuguese | vieira | [details] |
| Russian | grebeshok | [details] |
| Spanish | concha de Santiagoconcha de peregrino | [details] |
| Swedish | stor kammusslakalmmussla | [details] |
| Welsh | cragen gylchog | [details] |
BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (126 publications) (from synonym Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (639 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) (from synonym Pecten medius Daniel, 1883)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Pecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Pecten medius Daniel, 1883)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (1289 nucleotides; 74 proteins)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten medius Daniel, 1883)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (126 publications) (from synonym Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (639 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) (from synonym Pecten medius Daniel, 1883)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Pecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Pecten medius Daniel, 1883)
To CLEMAM (from synonym Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (1289 nucleotides; 74 proteins)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten medius Daniel, 1883)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
