BeRMS taxon details

Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Picture of Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Picture of Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

140687  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140687)

accepted
Species
Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140687 on 2026-05-20
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140687 on 2026-05-20
Date
action
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2009-04-30 13:20:50Z
changed
Dijkstra, Henk
2023-06-07 07:55:36Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (BeRMS 2020) Marine Biology Section, Ugent. Belgium. INRAM. Benthic fauna monitoring- SSD - Belgian Science Policy., available online at http://www.vliz.be/projects/inram/imers.php. [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Monterosato, T. A. di. (1906). Articolo sul <i>Pecten opercularis</i> e sue forme. <em>Il Naturalista Siciliano.</em> New Series, 18(7): 145–151. [February 1st, 1906]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11498099 [details] 

additional source Le Pennec M. (1982). L'élevage expérimental de <i>Chlamys opercularis</i> (L.) (Bivalvia, Pectinidae). <em>Vie Marine.</em> 4: 29-36. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
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To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Ostrea opercularis Linnaeus, 1758)
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