African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS taxon details

Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

215391 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215391)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Decatopecten G. B. Sowerby II, 1839

Original name

Ostrea plica Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Chlamys plica (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Decatopecten plica (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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215391 on 2026-03-29

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. Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215391 on 2026-03-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-19 09:36:22Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2001-12-09 13:54:23Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-05-08 13:14:28Z

changed

Dijkstra, Henk

2009-10-07 06:56:56Z

changed

Dijkstra, Henk

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787 [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

basis of record Rombouts, A. (1991). Guidebook to Pecten shells. Universal Book Services/Backhuys. [details]

additional source Dijkstra, H. H.; Kilburn, R. N. (2001). The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea). African Invertebrates. 42: 263-321., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/355603
page(s): 277 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

redescription Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica. 10: 1-108 [6 April 2013]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/504769 [details]