African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cryptopecten nux (Reeve, 1853)

AfReMaS taxon details

Cryptopecten nux (Reeve, 1853)

To GB Mollusca Types (Pecten guendolinae Melvill, 1888; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00002)

AphiaID

394289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394289)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cryptopecten Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

Original name

Pecten nux Reeve, 1853

Synonymised names

Chlamys corymbiatus Hedley, 1909 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Chlamys smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1908 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Corymbichlamys corymbiata (Hedley, 1909) · unaccepted

Pecten guendolenae Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Reeve, L. A. (1852-1853). Monograph of the genus Pecten. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-35 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-8, Nov. 1852; 9-12, Dec. 1852; 13-16, Feb. 1853; 17-20, Apr. 1853; 21-28, May 1853; 29-32, Jun. 1853; 33-35, Aug. 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120260 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cryptopecten nux (Reeve, 1853). 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=394289 on 2025-12-13

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) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Cryptopecten nux (Reeve, 1853). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394289 on 2025-12-13

Taxonomic edit history

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original description (of ) Reeve, L. A. (1852-1853). Monograph of the genus Pecten. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-35 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-8, Nov. 1852; 9-12, Dec. 1852; 13-16, Feb. 1853; 17-20, Apr. 1853; 21-28, May 1853; 29-32, Jun. 1853; 33-35, Aug. 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120260 [details]

original description (of Pecten guendolenae Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). Descriptions of six new species of Pecten. Journal of Conchology. 5: 279-281, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31653925
page(s): 279, pl. 2, fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Chlamys smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1908) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1908). Description of eight new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 16-19, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058203 [details]

original description (of Chlamys corymbiatus Hedley, 1909) Hedley, C. (1909). Mollusca from the Hope Islands, North Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 34: 420-466, pl. 36-44., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6381403
page(s): 423, pl. 36 figs 1-4 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Dijkstra, H. H. & Janssen, R. (2013). Bathyal and abyssal Pectinoidea from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 142(2): 181-214. [20 December 2013]. [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): 310 [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

additional source Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. Zootaxa 3217: 1-106. [29 Feb. 2012], available online at http://www.zora.uzh.ch/61152/1/12_Zootaxa.pdf
page(s): 35 [details]

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]