WoRMS taxon details

Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758)

215391  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215391)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Pectinida (Order)
  8. Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Pectinidae (Family)
  10. Pectininae (Subfamily)
  11. Decatopectinini (Tribe)
  12. Decatopecten (Genus)
  13. Decatopecten plica (Species)
accepted
Species
Ostrea plica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pecten quadriradiatus Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (uncertain synonym)
Pecten striatus (Schumacher, 1817) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Ostrea plica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215391 on 2026-05-24
Date
action
by
1997-11-19 09:36:22Z
created
Fondo, Esther
2001-12-09 13:54:23Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-05-08 13:14:28Z
changed
Dijkstra, Henk
2009-10-07 06:56:56Z
changed
Dijkstra, Henk

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ostrea plica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Pecten subplicatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). Monograph of the genus <i>Pecten</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (2): 45–78, pls 12–20. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937271
page(s): 64 [details] 

original description (of Pecten velutinus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). Monograph of the genus <i>Pecten</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (2): 45–78, pls 12–20. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937271
page(s): 63 [details] 

original description (of Pallium striatum Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details] 

original description (of Pecten quadriradiatus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 173 [details] 

basis of record Rombouts, A. (1991). Guidebook to Pecten shells. <em>Universal Book Services/Backhuys.</em> [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 10: 1-108 [6 April 2013]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/504769 [details] 

Other

context source (HKRMS) Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details] 

additional source Dijkstra, H. H.; Kilburn, R. N. (2001). The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea). <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 42: 263-321., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/355603
page(s): 277 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Authority Authority from Rombouts, 1991 [details]
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Japanese ヒナキンチャクキンチャクガイ [from synonym]  [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Ostrea plica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chlamys plica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pecten velutinus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica ALBINISTIC) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica ALBINO) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica BROWN) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica CREAM) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica FREAK) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica ORANGE) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica PINK) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica RED) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica SPECIAL COLOR) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica SUNRAY) 
To Conchology (Decatopecten plica YELLOW) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Decatopecten plica) 
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins) 
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea plica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758) Japan, Wakayama, Nada-Cho, ex coll. F.J.A. Sliek... 
To Malacopics (Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Calabarzon, Cavite, ex coll. J. Tra... 
To Malacopics (Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758) Thailand, Phuket, off Phuket) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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