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WoRMS taxon details

Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778)

AphiaID

394268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394268)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Argopecten Monterosato, 1889

Original name

Ostrea nucleus Born, 1778

Synonymised names

Ostrea nucleus Born, 1778 · unaccepted (original combination)

Pecten nucleus (Born, 1778) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Ostrea nucleus Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]; (Kraus)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 92 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394268 on 2025-11-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-30 22:27:16Z

created

Dijkstra, Henk

2021-02-12 09:34:29Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ostrea nucleus Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]; (Kraus)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 92 [details]

basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
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