African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Chlamys smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1908

AfReMaS name details

Chlamys smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1908

AphiaID

394722 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394722)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Cryptopecten nux (Reeve, 1853)

Rank

Species

Parent

Chlamys Röding, 1798

Original name

Chlamys smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1908

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chlamys smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1908. 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=394722 on 2026-01-11

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. Chlamys smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1908. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394722 on 2026-01-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-05-08 18:05:59Z

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Dijkstra, Henk

2022-06-17 03:22:56Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2023-12-13 21:22:43Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (4)

original description 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]

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

additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]

source of synonymy 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]