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Amusium Röding, 1798
AphiaID: 205333

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Pectinidae (Family) > Pectininae (Subfamily) > Pectinini (Tribe)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Pectinini Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised
taxa

Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Amusium)
Pecten (Amussium)
Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840

Sources

redescription: Dijkstra H.H. (2013) Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica 10: 1-108. [6 April 2013] [details]

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taxa
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Species Amusium balloti (Bernardi, 1861)
Species Amusium japonicum (Gmelin, 1791)

» Subspecies Amusium japonicum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791)

Species Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)

» Subspecies Amusium pleuronectes australiae Habe, 1964 accepted as Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Subspecies Amusium pleuronectes nanshaensis Wang & Chen, 1991 accepted as Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Subspecies Amusium pleuronectes pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subgenus Amusium (Propeamusium) accepted as Propeamussium de Gregorio, 1884

» Species Amusium (Propeamusium) holmesii Dall, 1886 accepted as Parvamussium holmesii (Dall, 1886)
» Species Amusium (Propeamusium) malpelonium (Dall, 1908) accepted as Propeamussium malpelonium (Dall, 1908)
» Species Amusium (Propeamusium) pourtalesianum Dall, 1886 accepted as Parvamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886)

» Variety Amusium (Propeamusium) pourtalesianum var. striatulum Dall, 1886 (species inquirenda)

» Species Amusium (Propeamusium) sayanum Dall, 1886 accepted as Parvamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886)
» Species Amusium (Propeamusium) scitulum E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium scitulum (E. A. Smith, 1885)

» Variety Amusium (Propeamusium) scitulum var. cmadoritinctum Kuroda, 1931 accepted as Parvamussium scitulum (E. A. Smith, 1885)

Species Amusium andamanense (Bavay, 1905) accepted as Propeamussium andamanense (Bavay, 1905)
Species Amusium magneticum Röding, 1798 accepted as Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Amusium marensis Weisbord, 1964 accepted as Euvola marensis (Weisbord, 1964)
Species Amusium thetidis Hedley, 1902 accepted as Parvamussium thetidis (Hedley, 1902)

Environment

marine

Distribution

North East Indian Ocean [details]
South West Pacific Ocean [details]

Links

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Notes

Depth range: below littoral [details]

Length: >90 mm [details]

Nomenclature: The first entry of Amusium into binominal scientific literature was of Röding (1798) with the type species Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758. Herrmannsen (1846) introduced 'Amussium' as emendation for Amusium, which was not necessary.
Afterwards several worker followed Röding or Herrmannsen. Smith and Dautzenberg & Bavay used 'Amussium' for most of the deep-water glass-scallops (now Propeamussium and Parvamussium). [details]

Remark: Genus placed in family Pectinidae by Rombouts, 1991. [details]

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205333

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2001-12-09 13:54:23Z	created	Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-05 08:30:55Z	changed	Martinez, Olga
2009-04-14 12:50:11Z	changed	Dijkstra, Henk
2009-04-28 12:25:14Z	changed	Dijkstra, Henk
2013-04-06 20:43:12Z	changed	Bouchet, Philippe

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Citation: Bouchet, P.; Dijkstra, H. (2013). Amusium Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205333 on 2013-05-23

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