Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 140712

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Pteriomorphia > Pectinoida > Pectinoidea > Pectinidae > Pectininae > Pectinini > Pecten

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776
Sources		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. De Strandvlo 11(3): 65-75 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 73 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Catalan petxina de pelegrí de l'Atlàntic  [details] Danish kammusling  [details] Danish stor kammusling  [details] Dutch grote mantel  [details] Dutch grote mantelschelp  [details] Dutch sint-jacobsschelp  [details] Dutch St. Jacobschelp  [details] English great Atlantic scallop  [details] English great scallop  [details] English king scallop  [details] English pelgrim scallop  [details] English scallop  [details] English St. James' shell  [details] French cocquille Saint-Jacques  [details] French coquille St-Jacques atlantique  [details] French grande coquille st. Jacques  [details] French grande vanne  [details] Galician vieira  [details] German grosse Kammmuschel  [details] German groβe Pilgermuschel  [details] German Kammuschel  [details] Icelandic risdiskur  [details] Italian cappasanta atlantica  [details] Italian pettine maggiore  [details] Italian ventaglio  [details] Norwegian Bokmål kamskjell  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk kamskjel  [details] Portuguese vieira  [details] Russian grebeshok  [details] Spanish concha de peregrino  [details] Spanish concha de Santiago  [details] Swedish kalmmussla  [details] Swedish stor kammussla  [details] Welsh cragen gylchog  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Atlantic Europe [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] De Haan [details] De Panne [details] East Coast of England [details] English Channel [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Morocco [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Oostende [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Host of		Modiolicola maximus (Thompson I.C., 1893) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		BIOTIC Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (578 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To GenBank (1289 nucleotides; 74 proteins) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS
Images		Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) added on 2006-08-10 - author: IMARES () qualitystatus: checked by Dijkstra, Henk on 2012-09-14 11:05:19 Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) added on 2006-08-10 - author: IMARES () qualitystatus: checked by Dijkstra, Henk on 2012-09-14 11:05:27 Scallop added on 2006-09-25 - author: VLIZ (Hamerlynck) () qualitystatus: checked by Dijkstra, Henk on 2012-09-14 11:05:43 Pecten maximus added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy qualitystatus: checked by Dijkstra, Henk on 2012-09-14 11:05:53 Eben (1884, plaat 4) added on 2012-07-24 - author: Anoniem in Eben (1884) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Dijkstra, Henk on 2012-09-14 11:06:14 Pecten maximus added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked Pecten maximus added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140712
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge 2009-04-27 13:50:52Z   changed   Dijkstra, Henk
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		Citation: Dijkstra, H.; Gofas, S. (2013). Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140712 on 2013-05-24
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