WoRMS taxon details
Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815
393857 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393857)
accepted
Subfamily
Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (type by original designation)
- Tribe Aequipectinini F. Nordsieck, 1969
- Genus Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886
- Genus Argopecten Monterosato, 1889
- Genus Carolinapecten Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 †
- Genus Chagrepecten T. R. Waller, 2011 †
- Genus Chesapecten Ward & Blackwelder, 1975 †
- Genus Cryptopecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- Genus Flexopecten Sacco, 1897
- Genus Gurabopecten T. R. Waller, 2011 †
- Genus Haumea Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- Genus Iemanjavola Santelli, Del Río, Távora & M. I. F. Ramos, 2024 †
- Genus Leptopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897
- Genus Lindapecten Petuch, 1995
- Genus Perapecten H. P. Wagner, 1985
- Genus Serratovola T. Habe, 1951
- Genus Volachlamys Iredale, 1939
- Genus Lissopecten Verrill, 1897 accepted as Flexopecten Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paraleptopecten T. R. Waller, 2011 accepted as Leptopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Tribe Amusiini Ridewood, 1903
- Genus Amusium Röding, 1798
- Genus Dentamussium Dijkstra, 1990
- Genus Euvola Dall, 1898
- Genus Leopecten Masuda, 1971
- Genus Pseudentolium L. R. Cox, 1948 †
- Genus Ylistrum Mynhardt & Alejandrino, 2014
- Tribe Austrochlamydini Jonkers, 2003
- Tribe Decatopectinini T. R. Waller, 1986
- Genus Anguipecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- Genus Antillipecten T. R. Waller, 2011
- Genus Bractechlamys Iredale, 1939
- Genus Caucasicochlamys Kasum-Zade, 2003 †
- Genus Decatopecten G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
- Genus Excellichlamys Iredale, 1939
- Genus Glorichlamys Dijkstra, 1991
- Genus Gloripallium Iredale, 1939
- Genus Juxtamusium Iredale, 1939
- Genus Lyropecten Conrad, 1862
- Genus Mirapecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- Genus Nodipecten Dall, 1898
- Tribe Pectinini Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus Velata Quenstedt, 1856 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 148 [details]
page(s): 148 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393857 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 148 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 268 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
page(s): 148 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 268 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]