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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 140712

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBivalvia (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPteriomorphia (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPectinida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPectinoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPectinidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPectininae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPectinini (Tribe) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPecten (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPecten maximus (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPecten O. F. Müller, 1776
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOstrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOstrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPecten medius Daniel, 1883 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPlicatula similis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842
Sources  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]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Catalan Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorpetxina de pelegrí de l'Atlàntic  [details]
Danish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorstor kammuslingUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkammusling  [details]
Dutch Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSt. JacobschelpUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsint-jacobsschelpUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgrote mantelschelpUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgrote mantel  [details]
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSt. James' shellUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorscallopUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorpelgrim scallopUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorking scallopUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgreat scallopUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgreat Atlantic scallop  [details]
French Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgrande vanneUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgrande coquille st. JacquesUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorcoquille St-Jacques atlantiqueUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorcocquille Saint-Jacques  [details]
Galician Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorvieira  [details]
German Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKammuschelUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgroβe PilgermuschelUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgrosse KammmuschelUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAtlantische Pilgermuschel  [details]
Icelandic Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorrisdiskur  [details]
Italian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorventaglioUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorpettine maggioreUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorcappasanta atlantica  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkamskjell  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkamskjel  [details]
Portuguese Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorvieira  [details]
Russian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgrebeshok  [details]
Spanish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorconcha de SantiagoUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorconcha de peregrino  [details]
Swedish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorstor kammusslaUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkalmmussla  [details]
Welsh Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorcragen gylchog  [details]
Direct child
taxa (1)
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Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPecten maximus sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPecten sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842
Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Belgium
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDe Haan [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDe Panne [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorOostende [details]
English Channel
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEnglish Channel [details]
France
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWimereux [details]
Ireland
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIrish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Morocco
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMorocco [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSpanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
North Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBelgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Norway
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Sweden
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSwedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBritish Isles [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEast Coast of England [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAtlantic Europe [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorModiolicola maximus (Thompson I.C., 1893) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBIOTIC 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEncyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMarine Life Information Network - UK 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (639 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo CLEMAM 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Dyntaxa 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FAO Species fact sheets 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (1289 nucleotides; 74 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Species Identification Portal 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDepth range below littoral [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Living specimens of Pecten maximus are often supplied by the fisherman. The exact origin is not known (Vanwalleghem, in litt.). [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorLength >150 mm [details]
ImagesChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Scallop
Scallop
A right valve of Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Pecten maximus
Pecten maximus
Eben (1884, plaat 4)
Eben (1884, plaat 4)
Pecten maximus
Pecten maximus
Pecten maximus
Pecten maximus
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140712
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2009-04-27 13:50:52Z  changed  Dijkstra, Henk
  
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  Citation: Dijkstra, H.; Gofas, S. (2009). Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140712 on 2017-07-28
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