MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

ERMS name details

Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chlamys varia

AphiaID

140696 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140696)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Chlamys Röding, 1798

Original name

Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758

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Subspecies Chlamys varia nivea (MacGillivray, 1825) accepted as Mimachlamys varia nivea (MacGillivray, 1825)
Variety Chlamys varia var. nivea (MacGillivray, 1825) accepted as Mimachlamys varia nivea (MacGillivray, 1825)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 698 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=140696 on 2026-05-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140696 on 2026-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-11-01 08:53:30Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2023-10-27 06:12:04Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description (of Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 698 [details] Available for editors

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	bonte mantel	[details]
English	variegated scallop	[details]
French	pétonclepeigne	[details]
German	bunte Kammmuschel	[details]

Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To GenBank (1568 nucleotides; 89 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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Chlamys varia