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Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815

213  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Pectinida (Order)
  8. Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Pectinidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Subfamily Camptonectinae Habe, 1977
    1. Genus Ciclopecten G. Seguenza, 1877
    2. Genus Delectopecten R. B. Stewart, 1930
    3. Genus Hyalopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897
    4. Genus Pseudohinnites Dijkstra, 1989
    5. Genus Sinepecten Schein, 2006
  2. Subfamily Palliolinae Korobkov, 1960
    1. Tribe Adamussiini T. Habe, 1977
      1. Genus Adamussium Thiele, 1934
    2. Tribe Mesopeplini T. R. Waller, 2006
      1. Genus Mesopeplum Iredale, 1929
    3. Tribe Palliolini Korobkov, 1960
      1. Genus Karnekampia H. P. Wagner, 1988
      2. Genus Palliolum Monterosato, 1884
      3. Genus Placopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897
      4. Genus Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853
  3. Subfamily Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815
    1. Tribe Aequipectinini F. Nordsieck, 1969
      1. Genus Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886
      2. Genus Argopecten Monterosato, 1889
      3. Genus Cryptopecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
      4. Genus Flexopecten Sacco, 1897
      5. Genus Haumea Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
      6. Genus Leptopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897
      7. Genus Lindapecten Petuch, 1995
      8. Genus Perapecten H. P. Wagner, 1985
      9. Genus Serratovola T. Habe, 1951
      10. Genus Volachlamys Iredale, 1939
      11. Genus Lissopecten Verrill, 1897 accepted as Flexopecten Sacco, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      12. Genus Paraleptopecten T. R. Waller, 2011 accepted as Leptopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    2. Tribe Amusiini Ridewood, 1903
      1. Genus Amusium Röding, 1798
      2. Genus Dentamussium Dijkstra, 1990
      3. Genus Euvola Dall, 1898
      4. Genus Leopecten Masuda, 1971
      5. Genus Ylistrum Mynhardt & Alejandrino, 2014
    3. Tribe Austrochlamydini Jonkers, 2003
      1. Genus Austrochlamys Jonkers, 2003
    4. Tribe Decatopectinini T. R. Waller, 1986
      1. Genus Anguipecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
      2. Genus Antillipecten T. R. Waller, 2011
      3. Genus Bractechlamys Iredale, 1939
      4. Genus Decatopecten G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
      5. Genus Excellichlamys Iredale, 1939
      6. Genus Glorichlamys Dijkstra, 1991
      7. Genus Gloripallium Iredale, 1939
      8. Genus Juxtamusium Iredale, 1939
      9. Genus Lyropecten Conrad, 1862
      10. Genus Mirapecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
      11. Genus Nodipecten Dall, 1898
    5. Tribe Pectinini Rafinesque, 1815
      1. Genus Annachlamys Iredale, 1939
      2. Genus Minnivola Iredale, 1939
      3. Genus Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776
  4. Subfamily Pedinae Bronn, 1862
    1. Tribe Chlamydini Teppner, 1922
      1. Genus Chlamys Röding, 1798
      2. Genus Complicachlamys Iredale, 1939
      3. Genus Coralichlamys Iredale, 1939
      4. Genus Equichlamys Iredale, 1929
      5. Genus Hemipecten A. Adams & Reeve, 1849
      6. Genus Hinnites Defrance, 1821
      7. Genus Laevichlamys T. R. Waller, 1993
      8. Genus Manupecten Monterosato, 1889
      9. Genus Notochlamys Cotton, 1930
      10. Genus Pascahinnites Dijkstra & Raines, 1999
      11. Genus Scaeochlamys Iredale, 1929
      12. Genus Semipallium Jousseaume, 1928
      13. Genus Swiftopecten G. Yamamoto & T. Habe, 1958
      14. Genus Talochlamys Iredale, 1929
      15. Genus Veprichlamys Iredale, 1929
      16. Genus Zygochlamys Ihering, 1907
      17. Genus Azumapecten T. Habe, 1977 accepted as Scaeochlamys Iredale, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      18. Genus Myochlamys Ihering, 1907 accepted as Chlamys Röding, 1798 (unnecessary substitute name for Chlamys Röding, 1798, by Ihering considered to be unavailable)
    2. Tribe Crassadomini T. R. Waller, 1993
      1. Genus Caribachlamys T. R. Waller, 1993
      2. Genus Crassadoma F. R. Bernard, 1986
    3. Tribe Fortipectinini K. Masuda, 1963
      1. Genus Mizuhopecten Masuda, 1963
      2. Genus Patinopecten Dall, 1898
    4. Tribe Mimachlamydini T. R. Waller, 1993
      1. Genus Mimachlamys Iredale, 1929
      2. Genus Spathochlamys T. R. Waller, 1993
    5. Tribe Pedini Bronn, 1862
      1. Genus Pedum Bruguière, 1792
  5. Genus Pallium Schröter, 1802 (uncertain)
  6. Subfamily Adamussiinae T. Habe, 1977 accepted as Adamussiini T. Habe, 1977 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  7. Subfamily Aequipectininae F. Nordsieck, 1969 accepted as Aequipectinini F. Nordsieck, 1969
  8. Genus Agropecten [sic] accepted as Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  9. Genus Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Amusium Röding, 1798 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Amusium)
  10. Genus Argoderma Poli, 1795 accepted as Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Genus Argus Poli, 1791 accepted as Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Genus Belchlamys Iredale, 1929 accepted as Semipallium Jousseaume, 1928 (synonym)
  13. Genus Comptopallium Iredale, 1939 accepted as Decatopecten G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Genus Corymbichlamys Iredale, 1939 accepted as Cryptopecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Genus Decadopecten [sic] accepted as Decatopecten G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  16. Genus Exellichlamys [sic] accepted as Excellichlamys Iredale, 1939
  17. Genus Flabellipecten Sacco, 1897 accepted as Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Subfamily Fortipectininae K. Masuda, 1963 accepted as Fortipectinini K. Masuda, 1963 (original rank)
  19. Genus Glabropecten Sacco, 1897 accepted as Flexopecten Sacco, 1897 (synonym)
  20. Genus Gloriapallium [sic] accepted as Gloripallium Iredale, 1939 (misspelling)
  21. Subfamily Hemipectinae T. Habe, 1977 accepted as Chlamydini Teppner, 1922 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect spelling; corrected in Hemipectininae)
  22. Subfamily Hemipectininae T. Habe, 1977 accepted as Chlamydini Teppner, 1922 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Genus Janira Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Invalid: junior homonym of Janira Leach, 1814 [Crustacea])
  24. Subfamily Macrochlamydinae Kasum-Zade, 2003 accepted as Chlamydini Teppner, 1922
  25. Genus Notovola H. J. Finlay, 1926 accepted as Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Genus Pacipecten Olsson, 1961 accepted as Leptopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Genus Palliorum [sic] accepted as Palliolum Monterosato, 1884 (misspelling of Palliolum Monterosato, 1884 by Oyama (1944) )
  28. Genus Pectinium Link, 1807 accepted as Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  29. Genus Peduminae T. Habe, 1977 accepted as Pedinae Bronn, 1862 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  30. Genus Peplum Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889 accepted as Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Genus Phallium [sic] accepted as Pallium Schröter, 1802 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  32. Genus Plagioctenium Dall, 1898 accepted as Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Genus Platipecten Monterosato, 1899 accepted as Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853 (synonym)
  34. Genus Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840 accepted as Amusium Röding, 1798
  35. Genus Pseudamusium [sic] accepted as Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  36. Genus Psychrochlamys Jonkers, 2003 accepted as Zygochlamys Ihering, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Genus Semipecten P. Fischer, 1886 accepted as Hemipecten A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Hemipecten)
  38. Genus Somalipecten T. R. Waller, 1986 accepted as Mirapecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Genus Venilia A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 accepted as Hemipecten A. Adams & Reeve, 1849 (nomen nudum)
  40. Genus Vola Mörch, 1853 accepted as Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Invalid: junior homonym of Vola Mulsant, 1850 [Coleoptera])
  41. Subfamily [unassigned] Pectinidae (temporary name)
    1. Genus Lamellipecten Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2010
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Pectenia. [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213 on 2026-02-05
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Nomenclature

original description (of Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Pectenia. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details] 

Other

additional source Sacco, F. (1904). <i>I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXX. Aggiunte e correzioni. Considerazioni generali. Indice generale dell'opera</i>. Torino: Clausen. xxxvi + 203 pp., 31 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46270 [details] 

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] 

additional source Waller, T. R. (2006). New phylogenies of the Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): reconciling morphological and molecular approaches. In: Shumway, S. E.; Parsons, G. J. (eds) Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture, second edition. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 1-44. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Waller, T. R. (2006). Phylogeny of families in the Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia): importance of the fossil record. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 148(3): 313-342., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00258.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Shumway, S.E. & Parsons, G.J. (eds). (2006). Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture, second edition. <em>Elsevier, Amsterdam etc.</em> 1460 pp. [details] 

additional source Saavedra, C. & Peña, J. B. (2006). Phylogenetics of American scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) based on partial 16S and 12S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 150(1): 111-119., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0335-z [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Waller, T.R 1991. Evolutionary relationships among commercial scallops. pp. 1-73, 11 figs., 8 pls., 1 table. (in) S.E. Shumway (editor), Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture. Elsevier, Amsterdam. [details] 

 
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English scallops  [details]
French pectinidés  [details]
German PilgermuschelnKammmuschelnJakobsmuscheln  [details]
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Swedish kammusslor  [details]
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