African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Lyropecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS name details

Lyropecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

225589 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225589)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Lyropecten Conrad, 1862

Original name

Ostrea nodosa Linnaeus, 1758

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Subspecies Lyropecten nodosus gabonensis (Nicolay, 1981) accepted as Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 697 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyropecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=225589 on 2026-07-13

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 nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225589 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-22 07:40:51Z

created

Zamouri, Nedra

2011-10-19 22:47:22Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2024-05-24 23:41:14Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 697 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To GenBank (289 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lyropecten nodosus (Linné, 1758) (USNM 800947) outer view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lyropecten nodosus USNM 1196314)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Lyropecten nodosus (Linné, 1758) (USNM 800947) outer view)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Lyropecten nodosus USNM 1196314)

Hosted externally