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Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815

213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213)

accepted
Family
Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 (type by subsequent designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Pectenia. [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213 on 2026-09-23
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213 on 2026-09-23
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
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2006-01-04 12:34:08Z
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2011-07-30 13:11:27Z
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2021-08-21 10:39:00Z
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2025-04-11 07:13:19Z
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2025-11-22 08:59:10Z
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original description (of Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 148; note: Original spelling Pectenia. [details] OpenAccess publication

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. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source 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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] 

additional source Saavedra, C. & Peña, J. B. (2006). Phylogenetics of American scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) based on partial 16S and 12S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 150(1): 111-119., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0335-z [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Sacco, F. (1904). <i>I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXX. Aggiunte e correzioni. Considerazioni generali. Indice generale dell'opera</i>. Torino: Clausen. xxxvi + 203 pp., 31 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46270 [details] 

additional source Shumway, S.E. & Parsons, G.J. (eds). (2006). Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture, second edition. <em>Elsevier, Amsterdam etc.</em> 1460 pp. [details] 

additional source Waller, T. R. (2006). New phylogenies of the Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): reconciling morphological and molecular approaches. In: Shumway, S. E.; Parsons, G. J. (eds) Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture, second edition. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-9309(06)80028-1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Waller, T. R. (2006). Phylogeny of families in the Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia): importance of the fossil record. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 148(3): 313-342., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00258.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Waller, T.R 1991. Evolutionary relationships among commercial scallops. pp. 1-73, 11 figs., 8 pls., 1 table. (in) S.E. Shumway (editor), Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture. Elsevier, Amsterdam. [details] 

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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