WoRMS taxon details
Amusium Röding, 1798
205333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205333)
accepted
Genus
Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Amusium (Amusium) Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (no subgenera accepted)
Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846 · unaccepted (Invalid: unjustified emendation...)
Invalid: unjustified emendation of Amusium
Amussium (Amussium) Herrmannsen, 1846 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pecten (Amusium) Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Pecten (Amussium) [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pecten (Pleuronectia) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
- Species Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subgenus Amusium (Amusium) Röding, 1798 accepted as Amusium Röding, 1798 (no subgenera accepted)
- Subgenus Amusium (Dentamussium) Dijkstra, 1990 accepted as Dentamussium Dijkstra, 1990 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Amusium (Propeamusium) [sic] accepted as Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Amusium (Propeamusium) holmesii Dall, 1886 accepted as Parvamussium holmesii (Dall, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amusium (Propeamusium) malpelonium Dall, 1908 accepted as Propeamussium malpelonium (Dall, 1908) (superseded combination)
- Species Amusium (Propeamusium) pourtalesianum Dall, 1886 accepted as Parvamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886) (superseded combination)
- Species Amusium (Propeamusium) sayanum Dall, 1886 accepted as Parvamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amusium (Propeamusium) scitulum E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium scitulum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Subgenus Amusium (Propeamussium) de Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Amusium (Pseudamussium) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Amusium andamanense (Bavay, 1905) accepted as Propeamussium andamanense (Bavay, 1905)
- Species Amusium balloti (Bernardi, 1861) accepted as Ylistrum balloti (Bernardi, 1861)
- Species Amusium fenestratum (Forbes, 1844) accepted as Parvamussium fenestratum (Forbes, 1844)
- Species Amusium japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Amusium laurenti [sic] accepted as Euvola laurentii (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Amusium magneticum Röding, 1798 accepted as Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Amusium pourtalesianum Dall, 1886 accepted as Parvamussium marmoratum (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amusium taiwanicum T. Habe, 1992 accepted as Ylistrum japonicum (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amusium thetidis Hedley, 1902 accepted as Parvamussium thetidis (Hedley, 1902) (superseded combination)
marine
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 46 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
Depth range below littoral
Nomenclature The first entry of Amusium into binominal scientific literature was of Röding (1798) with the type species Ostrea...
Depth range below littoral [details]
Nomenclature The first entry of Amusium into binominal scientific literature was of Röding (1798) with the type species Ostrea...
Nomenclature The first entry of Amusium into binominal scientific literature was of Röding (1798) with the type species Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758. Herrmannsen (1846) introduced 'Amussium' as emendation for Amusium, which was not necessary.
Afterwards several worker followed Röding or Herrmannsen. Smith and Dautzenberg & Bavay used 'Amussium' for most of the deep-water glass-scallops (now Propeamussium and Parvamussium). [details]
Afterwards several worker followed Röding or Herrmannsen. Smith and Dautzenberg & Bavay used 'Amussium' for most of the deep-water glass-scallops (now Propeamussium and Parvamussium). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Amusium Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205333 on 2026-08-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846) Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846) Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 10: 1-108 [6 April 2013]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/504769 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range below littoral [details]Length >90 mm [details]
Nomenclature The first entry of Amusium into binominal scientific literature was of Röding (1798) with the type species Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758. Herrmannsen (1846) introduced 'Amussium' as emendation for Amusium, which was not necessary.
Afterwards several worker followed Röding or Herrmannsen. Smith and Dautzenberg & Bavay used 'Amussium' for most of the deep-water glass-scallops (now Propeamussium and Parvamussium). [details]
