ERMS taxon details
Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811)
147154 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147154)
accepted
Species
Hyalopecten similis (Laskey, 1811) · unaccepted (placed in genus Similipecten in...)
placed in genus Similipecten in Propeamussiidae
Pecten foresti H. Martin, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten pullus Cantraine, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten similis Laskey, 1811 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (introduced in synonymy, ...)
introduced in synonymy, available for being used by Pallary (1914: 22) as valid (ICZN Art. 11.6.1)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pecten similis Laskey, 1811) Laskey, J. (1811). Account of North British Testacea. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 1: 370-414; pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45848884
page(s): 387-388; pl. 8 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 387-388; pl. 8 fig. 8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147154 on 2025-08-24
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147154 on 2025-08-24
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original description
(of Pecten similis Laskey, 1811) Laskey, J. (1811). Account of North British Testacea. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 1: 370-414; pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45848884
page(s): 387-388; pl. 8 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Pecten pullus Cantraine, 1835) Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 2(11): 380-401., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880681 [details]
original description (of Pecten foresti H. Martin, 1858) Gay, L. (1858). Catalogue des mollusques du département du Var. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences , Belles-Lettres et Arts du Département du Var.</em> 25-26: 133-215.
page(s): 209; note: description explicitly stated (p. 210) as of [H.] Martin [details]
original description (of Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879) Jeffreys, J. G. (1879). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-1870. (Part II). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1879 : 553-588, pl. 45-46., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28521697
page(s): 560 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 269 [details]
page(s): 387-388; pl. 8 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Pecten pullus Cantraine, 1835) Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 2(11): 380-401., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880681 [details]
original description (of Pecten foresti H. Martin, 1858) Gay, L. (1858). Catalogue des mollusques du département du Var. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences , Belles-Lettres et Arts du Département du Var.</em> 25-26: 133-215.
page(s): 209; note: description explicitly stated (p. 210) as of [H.] Martin [details]
original description (of Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879) Jeffreys, J. G. (1879). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-1870. (Part II). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1879 : 553-588, pl. 45-46., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28521697
page(s): 560 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 269 [details]




Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications) (from synonym Pecten similis Laskey, 1811)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hyalopecten similis (Laskey, 1811))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Similipecten similis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) Belgium, Antwerpen, Antwerpen)
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) Denmark, Nordjylland, Jammerbugt, Rodhus, on plastic crate, collected 2nd November 1997, ex coll. J.N.J. Post)
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, Sletvik, at 200 m depth, collected July 1976, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Hyalopecten similis (Laskey, 1811))
To PESI (from synonym Pecten similis Laskey, 1811)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten pullus Cantraine, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten foresti H. Martin, 1858)
To PESI (from synonym Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications) (from synonym Pecten similis Laskey, 1811)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hyalopecten similis (Laskey, 1811))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Similipecten similis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) Belgium, Antwerpen, Antwerpen)
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) Denmark, Nordjylland, Jammerbugt, Rodhus, on plastic crate, collected 2nd November 1997, ex coll. J.N.J. Post)
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, Sletvik, at 200 m depth, collected July 1976, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Hyalopecten similis (Laskey, 1811))
To PESI (from synonym Pecten similis Laskey, 1811)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten pullus Cantraine, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten foresti H. Martin, 1858)
To PESI (from synonym Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection