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Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776

Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)

138323  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138323)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Pectinida (Order)
  8. Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Pectinidae (Family)
  10. Pectininae (Subfamily)
  11. Pectinini (Tribe)
  12. Pecten (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Janira Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: junior homonym of Janira...)  
Invalid: junior homonym of Janira Leach, 1814 [Crustacea]

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  1. Subgenus Pecten (Hyalopecten) A. E. Verrill, 1897 accepted as Hyalopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897
    1. Species Pecten (Hyalopecten) eucymatus Dall, 1898 accepted as Catillopecten eucymatus (Dall, 1898) (original combination)
  2. Subgenus Pecten (Pallium) Schröter, 1802 accepted as Decatopecten G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
    1. Species Pecten (Pallium) miser Dall, 1908 accepted as Pseudamussium fasciculatum (Hinds, 1845) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Subgenus Pecten (Pseudamusium) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853
    1. Species Pecten (Pseudamusium) liriope Dall, 1908 accepted as Cyclopecten liriope (Dall, 1908) (superseded combination)
    2. Species Pecten (Pseudamusium) neoceanicus Dall, 1908 accepted as Hyalopecten neoceanicus (Dall, 1908) (superseded combination)
    3. Species Pecten (Pseudamusium) polyleptus Dall, 1908 accepted as Delectopecten polyleptus (Dall, 1908) (superseded combination)
  4. Species Pecten abyssorum G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
  5. Species Pecten actoni E. von Martens, 1856 accepted as Parvamussium fenestratum (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Species Pecten adspersus [sic] accepted as Pecten aspersus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771) (misspelling of Pecten aspersus Lamarck, 1819)
  7. Species Pecten antiquatus R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Cyclopecten antiquatus (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Pecten aspersus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771) (synonym)
  9. Species Pecten biscayensis Locard, 1886 accepted as Hyalopecten pudicus (E. A. Smith, 1885) (synonym)
  10. Species Pecten caurinus A. A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Patinopecten caurinus (A. A. Gould, 1850) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Pecten concentricus Forbes, 1844 accepted as Parvamussium fenestratum (Forbes, 1844) (subjective synonym)
  12. Species Pecten cretatus Reeve, 1853 accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  13. Species Pecten culebrensis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Cyclopecten culebrensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
  14. Species Pecten danicus Reeve, 1852 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771) (synonym)
  15. Species Pecten davidsoni Dall, 1897 accepted as Cyclopecten davidsoni (Dall, 1897) (original combination)
  16. Species Pecten estheris Crema, 1903 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Pecten fenestratus Forbes, 1844 accepted as Parvamussium fenestratum (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Pecten fimbriatus R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Cyclopecten antiquatus (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (subjective synonym)
  19. Species Pecten fragilis Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Hyalopecten pudicus (E. A. Smith, 1885) (junior homonym of Pecten fragilis Montagu, 1808; P. biscayensis Locard, 1886, is a replacement name)
  20. Species Pecten gallimus De Gregorio, 1885 accepted as Parvamussium fenestratum (Forbes, 1844) (synonym)
  21. Species Pecten hoskynsi Forbes, 1844 accepted as Cyclopecten hoskynsi (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Pecten imbrifer Lovén, 1846 accepted as Cyclopecten hoskynsi (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Pecten inaequisculptus Tiberi, 1855 accepted as Parvamussium fenestratum (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Pecten jamesoni Forbes, 1839 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Pecten kermadecensis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Cyclopecten kermadecensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (superseded combination)
  26. Species Pecten murrayi E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Catillopecten murrayi (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
  27. Species Pecten nebulosus T. Brown, 1835 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771) (synonym)
  28. Species Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  29. Species Pecten panamensis Dall, 1898 accepted as Pseudamussium fasciculatum (Hinds, 1845) (synonym)
  30. Species Pecten philippii Acton, 1855 accepted as Parvamussium fenestratum (Forbes, 1844) (synonym)
  31. Species Pecten pseudamusium Deshayes, 1835 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771)
  32. Species Pecten pudicus E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Hyalopecten pudicus (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
  33. Species Pecten pustulosus A. E. Verrill, 1872 accepted as Cyclopecten hoskynsi (Forbes, 1844) (synonym)
  34. Species Pecten randolphi Dall, 1897 accepted as Delectopecten vancouverensis (Whiteaves, 1893) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, junior synonym)
  35. Species Pecten septemradiatus O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771) (synonym)
  36. Species Pecten similis Laskey, 1811 accepted as Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) (original combination)
  37. Species Pecten stellatus Reeve, 1852 accepted as Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771) (synonym)
  38. Species Pecten striatus O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Palliolum striatum (O. F. Müller, 1776) (original combination)
  39. Species Pecten subhyalinus E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Cyclopecten subhyalinus (E. A. Smith, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Pecten undatus A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885 accepted as Hyalopecten pudicus (E. A. Smith, 1885) (junior homonym of Pecten undatus Defrance, 1825)
  41. Species Pecten vitreus Risso, 1826 accepted as Palliolum incomparabile (Risso, 1826) (synonym)
  42. Species Pecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 248 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138323 on 2025-12-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138323 on 2025-12-05
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2009-04-10 14:29:28Z
changed
Dijkstra, Henk
2009-04-26 20:01:08Z
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Dijkstra, Henk
2009-05-13 11:38:17Z
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Dijkstra, Henk
2016-02-20 20:49:14Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2019-07-19 20:40:04Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2019-11-15 16:45:32Z
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Rosenberg, Gary

original description Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 248 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Janira Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [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 Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Remark Type species: Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
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