WoRMS name details
Amusium japonicum (Gmelin, 1791)
394347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394347)
unaccepted
Species
Ostrea japonica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Forma Amusium japonicum f. taiwanense Dijkstra, 1988 accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) (infrasubspecific)
- Subspecies Amusium japonicum formosum T. Habe, 1964 accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Amussium formosum Melvill & Standen, 1907; Amusium japonicum taiwanicum Habe, 1992 is a replacement name)
- Subspecies Amusium japonicum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies Amusium japonicum taiwanicum T. Habe, 1992 accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
(of Ostrea japonica Gmelin, 1791) 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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Amusium japonicum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394347 on 2026-09-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostrea japonica Gmelin, 1791) 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]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Japanese sun and moon scallop | [details] |
| German | Japanische „Sonne und Mond“-Muschel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ostrea japonica Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea japonica Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ostrea japonica Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea japonica Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
