RAMS taxon details
Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815
213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Camptonectinae T. Habe, 1977
- Subfamily Palliolinae Korobkov, 1960
- Tribe Adamussiini T. Habe, 1977
- Genus Adamussium Thiele, 1934
- Tribe Palliolini Korobkov, 1960
- Genus Palliolum Monterosato, 1884
- Genus Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853
- Tribe Adamussiini T. Habe, 1977
- Subfamily Pedinae Bronn, 1862
- Tribe Chlamydini Teppner, 1922
- Genus Chlamys Röding, 1798
- Genus Talochlamys Iredale, 1929
- Tribe Chlamydini Teppner, 1922
- Genus Pseudamusium [sic] accepted as Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Subfamily [unassigned] Pectinidae (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) 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]
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Pectenia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213 on 2026-06-02
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213 on 2026-06-02
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(of ) 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]
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
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-9309(06)80028-1 [details] Available for editors
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
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
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]
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]
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Pectenia. [details]
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
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-9309(06)80028-1 [details] Available for editors
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
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
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pectinidae)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 028860)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pectinidae)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 028860)
To ITIS
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