WoRMS taxon details
Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863)
394395 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394395)
accepted
Species
Chlamys cooperi (E. A. Smith, 1903) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863) · unaccepted
Pecten (Chlamys) elegantissimus Deshayes, 1863 · unaccepted
Pecten cooperi E. A. Smith, 1903 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes, 1863 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117
page(s): 32, pl. 4, figs 11, 12. [details]
page(s): 32, pl. 4, figs 11, 12. [details]
Type locality contained in Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [details]
Depth range below littoral
Depth range below littoral [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394395 on 2025-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pecten cooperi E. A. Smith, 1903) Smith, E. A. (1903). Marine Mollusca. In: Gardiner, J. S. (Ed.) 1901-1906. The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive archipelagoes: being an account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900, 2(2): pp. 589-630, pls. 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10782463
page(s): 621, pl. 36, figs 15-18 [details]
original description (of Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117
page(s): 32, pl. 4, figs 11, 12. [details]
page(s): 621, pl. 36, figs 15-18 [details]
original description (of Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117
page(s): 32, pl. 4, figs 11, 12. [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
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): 279 [details]
page(s): 279 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Chlamys cooperi (E. A. Smith, 1903)) BMNH L. 43823, geounit Pemba [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pecten cooperi E. A. Smith, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes, 1863)
To Conchology (Glorichlamys elegantissima)
To Malacopics (Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863) Réunion, Cap la Houssaye, St. Gilles, co...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pecten cooperi E. A. Smith, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pecten elegantissimus Deshayes, 1863)
To Conchology (Glorichlamys elegantissima)
To Malacopics (Glorichlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863) Réunion, Cap la Houssaye, St. Gilles, co...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chlamys elegantissima (Deshayes, 1863))
