MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776)

ERMS taxon details

Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 56149)

AphiaID

140692 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140692)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Chlamys Röding, 1798

Original name

Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776

Synonymised names

Chlamys costellata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ostrea cinnabarina Born, 1778 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten fabricii R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (original combination)

Pecten pealeii Conrad, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pecten peslei Lucas, 1979 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten rubidus Martyn, 1792 · unaccepted (not available:published in a...)

not available:published in a publication rejected by ICZN opinion 456

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776) 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.]. Typis Hallageriis, Havniae. 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 248 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140692 on 2026-05-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140692 on 2026-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-04-20 11:37:21Z

changed

Dijkstra, Henk

2011-10-19 01:46:43Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776) 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.]. Typis Hallageriis, Havniae. 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 248 [details]

original description (of Chlamys costellata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897) Verrill, A. E. (1897). A study of the family Pectinidae, with a revision of the genera and subgenera. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10: 41-95, pls. 16-21., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456846
page(s): 75-76 [details]

original description (of Ostrea cinnabarina Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 87 [details]

original description (of Pecten fabricii R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 101, pl. 4.3 (pl. Pecten, 1), fig. 5 [details]

original description (of Pecten pealeii Conrad, 1831) Conrad, T. A. (1831). Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6(2): 256-268, plate 11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677674
page(s): 260-261 [details]

original description (of Pecten rubidus Martyn, 1792) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680 [details]

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Greve, L.; Samuelsen, T. J. (1970). A population of Chlamys islandica(O. F. Müller) found in western Norway. Sarsia. 45(1): 17-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1970.10411181 [details] Available for editors