WoRMS taxon details
Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811)
147154 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147154)
accepted
Species
Chlamys (Palliolum) exilis (Eichwald, 1830) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chlamys exilis (Eichwald, 1830) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chlamys similis (Laskey, 1811) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Hyalopecten similis (Laskey, 1811) · unaccepted (placed in genus Similipecten in...)
placed in genus Similipecten in Propeamussiidae
Ostrea tumida W. Turton, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Palliolum (Delectopecten) simile (Laskey, 1811) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Palliolum simile (Laskey, 1811) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pecten (Cyclopecten) commutabilis Fenaux, 1944 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten exilis Eichwald, 1830 † · unaccepted
Pecten foresti H. Martin, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten pullus Cantraine, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten similis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 · unaccepted (junior homonym and presumed synonym)
Pecten similis Laskey, 1811 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (introduced in synonymy, ...)
introduced in synonymy, available for being used by Pallary (1914: 22) as valid (ICZN Art. 11.6.1)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pecten similis Laskey, 1811) Laskey, J. (1811). Account of North British Testacea. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 1: 370-414; pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45848884
page(s): 387-388; pl. 8 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 387-388; pl. 8 fig. 8 [details]
Depth range 25-500 m
Depth range 25-500 m [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147154 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pecten similis Laskey, 1811) Laskey, J. (1811). Account of North British Testacea. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 1: 370-414; pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45848884
page(s): 387-388; pl. 8 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Pecten pullus Cantraine, 1835) Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 2(11): 380-401., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880681 [details]
original description (of Pecten foresti H. Martin, 1858) Gay, L. (1858). Catalogue des mollusques du département du Var. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences , Belles-Lettres et Arts du Département du Var.</em> 25-26: 133-215.
page(s): 209; note: description explicitly stated (p. 210) as of [H.] Martin [details]
original description (of Ostrea tumida W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879) Jeffreys, J. G. (1879). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-1870. (Part II). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1879 : 553-588, pl. 45-46., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28521697
page(s): 560 [details]
original description (of Pecten similis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). Monograph of the genus <i>Pecten</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (2): 45–78, pls 12–20. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937271
page(s): 46, pl. 16, figs. 116, 117 [details]
original description (of Pecten exilis Eichwald, 1830 †) Eichwald, E. (1830). Naturhistorische Skizze von Lithuanien, Volhynien und Podolien in geognostisch-mineralogischer, botanischer und zoologischer Hinsicht. <em>Wilna [Vilnius], Zawadzki.</em> 256 p., 3 pl., available online at https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10691419_00005.html
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Pecten (Cyclopecten) commutabilis Fenaux, 1944) Fenaux, A. (1944). Description d'un nouveau <i>Pecten</i> de la Méditerranée. <em>Bulletin de I'Institut océanographique de Monaco.</em> 862: 2-3, pl. 1. [details]
page(s): 387-388; pl. 8 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Pecten pullus Cantraine, 1835) Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 2(11): 380-401., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880681 [details]
original description (of Pecten foresti H. Martin, 1858) Gay, L. (1858). Catalogue des mollusques du département du Var. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences , Belles-Lettres et Arts du Département du Var.</em> 25-26: 133-215.
page(s): 209; note: description explicitly stated (p. 210) as of [H.] Martin [details]
original description (of Ostrea tumida W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879) Jeffreys, J. G. (1879). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-1870. (Part II). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1879 : 553-588, pl. 45-46., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28521697
page(s): 560 [details]
original description (of Pecten similis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). Monograph of the genus <i>Pecten</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (2): 45–78, pls 12–20. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937271
page(s): 46, pl. 16, figs. 116, 117 [details]
original description (of Pecten exilis Eichwald, 1830 †) Eichwald, E. (1830). Naturhistorische Skizze von Lithuanien, Volhynien und Podolien in geognostisch-mineralogischer, botanischer und zoologischer Hinsicht. <em>Wilna [Vilnius], Zawadzki.</em> 256 p., 3 pl., available online at https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10691419_00005.html
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Pecten (Cyclopecten) commutabilis Fenaux, 1944) Fenaux, A. (1944). Description d'un nouveau <i>Pecten</i> de la Méditerranée. <em>Bulletin de I'Institut océanographique de Monaco.</em> 862: 2-3, pl. 1. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 269 [details]
page(s): 269 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications) (from synonym Pecten similis Laskey, 1811)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hyalopecten similis (Laskey, 1811))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Similipecten similis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) Denmark, Nordjylland, Jammerbugt, Rodhus, on pl...
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, Sletv...
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Hyalopecten similis (Laskey, 1811))
To PESI (from synonym Pecten similis Laskey, 1811)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten pullus Cantraine, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten foresti H. Martin, 1858)
To PESI (from synonym Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications) (from synonym Pecten similis Laskey, 1811)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hyalopecten similis (Laskey, 1811))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Similipecten similis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) Denmark, Nordjylland, Jammerbugt, Rodhus, on pl...
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, Sletv...
To Malacopics (Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Hyalopecten similis (Laskey, 1811))
To PESI (from synonym Pecten similis Laskey, 1811)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten pullus Cantraine, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten foresti H. Martin, 1858)
To PESI (from synonym Pleuronectia laevis Jeffreys, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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