African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Lyropecten Conrad, 1862

AphiaID

203879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203879)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Decatopectinini T. R. Waller, 1986

Original name

Lyropecten Conrad, 1862

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Species Lyropecten corallinoides (A. d'Orbigny, 1840) accepted as Bractechlamys corallinoides (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
Species Lyropecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lyropecten noduliferus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) accepted as Bractechlamys nodulifera (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)

Environment

marine

Original description

Conrad, T. A. (1862). Descriptions of new genera, subgenera and species of Tertiary and Recent shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 284-291., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951756
page(s): 291 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyropecten Conrad, 1862. 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203879 on 2026-07-29

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. Lyropecten Conrad, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203879 on 2026-07-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-12-09 13:54:23Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-22 06:50:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-04-26 20:01:08Z

changed

Dijkstra, Henk

2018-03-26 15:41:02Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2023-12-18 13:09:08Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description Conrad, T. A. (1862). Descriptions of new genera, subgenera and species of Tertiary and Recent shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 284-291., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951756
page(s): 291 [details]

basis of record Niebuhr, B.; Schneider, S.; Wilmsen, M. (2014). Muscheln - Bivalves. In: Niebuhr, B.; Wilmsen, M. (eds) Kreide-Fossilien in Sachsen, Teil 1 - Cretaceous fossils of Saxony, part 1. Geologica Saxonica. 60(1): 83-168. [details] Available for editors

redescription Conrad, T. A. (1867). Paleontological Miscellanies. American Journal of Conchology. 3(1): 5-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6658624
page(s): 6 [details]

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