Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815

HKRMS taxon details

Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

393857 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393857)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Type taxon

Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (type by original designation)

Parent

Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815

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Tribe Aequipectinini F. Nordsieck, 1969
1. Genus Volachlamys Iredale, 1939
Tribe Amusiini Ridewood, 1903
1. Genus Amusium Röding, 1798
2. Genus Ylistrum Mynhardt & Alejandrino, 2014
Tribe Decatopectinini T. R. Waller, 1986
1. Genus Decatopecten G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Tribe Pectinini Rafinesque, 1815
1. Genus Minnivola Iredale, 1939
2. Genus Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Pectenia. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393857 on 2026-09-01

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393857 on 2026-09-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-26 20:01:08Z

created

Dijkstra, Henk

2012-07-15 05:53:05Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-04-11 07:13:19Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

2025-11-22 08:59:10Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Pectenia. [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184. [details]

basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR. 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 268 [details] Available for editors

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

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