African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791)

AfReMaS taxon details

Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791)

Placopecten magellanicus

AphiaID

156972 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156972)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Placopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897

Original name

Ostrea magellanica Gmelin, 1791

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156972 on 2026-05-30

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156972 on 2026-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-05-20 11:54:45Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-04-25 22:16:46Z

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Dijkstra, Henk

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original description (of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. Wiley-Interscience, Boston. 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

additional source Worms, J.M. ; Davidson, L.A. (1986). Some Cases of Hermaphroditism in the Sea Scallop Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin) from the Southern Gulf of St.Lawrence, Canada. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 45(2): 116-126. [details] Available for editors

additional source Posgay, J. A. (1957). The range of the sea scallop. The Nautilus. 71(2): 55-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519012 [details]

additional source Merrill, A. S. & Edwards, R. L. (1975). Observations on mollusks from a navigation buoy with special emphasis on the sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus. The Nautilus. 89(4): 116-123, figs. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16319482 [details]

additional source Larsen, P. F. & Lee, R. M. (1978). Observations on the abundance, distribution and growth of postlarval sea scallops, Placopecten magellanicus, on Georges Bank. The Nautilus. 92(3): 112-116, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274056 [details]

additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]