WoRMS taxon details
Haumea minuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
394300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394300)
accepted
Species
Argopecten inaequivalvis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) · unaccepted
Chlamys inaequalis [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of inaequivalvis)
Haumea inaequalis [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of inaequivalvis)
Haumea inaequivalvis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) · unaccepted
Ostrea minuta Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pecten inaequivalvis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Ostrea minuta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Depth range below littoral
Depth range below littoral [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Haumea minuta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394300 on 2026-10-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostrea minuta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pecten inaequivalvis 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 [details]
basis of record 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): 312 [details]
original description (of Pecten inaequivalvis 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 [details]
basis of record 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): 312 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ostrea minuta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pecten inaequivalvis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
To Conchology (Haumea minuta)
To Malacopics (Haumea minuta (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Maluku, ex coll. Natuurmuseum Enschede)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Haumea inaequalis [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pecten inaequivalvis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
To Conchology (Haumea minuta)
To Malacopics (Haumea minuta (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Maluku, ex coll. Natuurmuseum Enschede)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Haumea inaequalis [sic])