WoRMS taxon details
Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 236719
AphiaID: 236719
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Pectinidae (Family) > Pedinae (Subfamily) > Mimachlamys (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Mimachlamys Iredale, 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) (currently placed in genus Mimachlamys) Ostrea aculeata Gmelin, 1791 (synonym) Ostrea flammea Gmelin, 1791 (synonym) Ostrea incarnata Gmelin, 1791 (synonym) Ostrea ochroleuca Gmelin, 1791 Ostrea rufescens Turton, 1802 Ostrea subrufa Gmelin, 1791 (synonym) Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: Schiaparelli, Stefano (2006). Bivalvi, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana., available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details] additional source: Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 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] from synonym: Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [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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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Mimachlamys varia nivea (Macgillivray, 1825) Subspecies Mimachlamys varia varia (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Boughrara Lagoon [details] British Isles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Goote Bank (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Gabès [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North Coast of Tunisia [details] North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Oostduinkerke (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Coast of Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tunis Gulf [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] West Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 33 proteins) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236719 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236719 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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