MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Talochlamys pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)

ERMS taxon details

Talochlamys pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

236715 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236715)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Talochlamys Iredale, 1929

Original name

Ostrea pusio Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Chlamys distorta (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Crassadoma pusio (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Hinnites megadesma Coen, 1930 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)

Ostrea miniata Born, 1778 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ostrea pusio Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Ostrea sinuosa Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten crotilus Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten distortus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten irregularis (Deshayes, 1832) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pecten spinosus T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Ostrea pusio Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 698 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Talochlamys pusio (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236715 on 2026-04-19

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Talochlamys pusio (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236715 on 2026-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-01-23 17:27:48Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2009-04-23 22:24:00Z

changed

Dijkstra, Henk

2023-06-03 07:36:30Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description (of Pecten distortus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 148-150; pl. 10 fig. 3-6 [details]

original description (of Pecten spinosus T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]

original description (of Pecten crotilus Reeve, 1853) Reeve, L. A. (1852-1853). Monograph of the genus Pecten. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-35 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-8, Nov. 1852; 9-12, Dec. 1852; 13-16, Feb. 1853; 17-20, Apr. 1853; 21-28, May 1853; 29-32, Jun. 1853; 33-35, Aug. 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120260 [details]

original description (of Ostrea pusio Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 698 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Ostrea miniata 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): 88 [details]

original description (of Ostrea sinuosa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Hinnites megadesma Coen, 1930) Coen G. (1930). Studi malacologici. Hinnites megadesma n. sp. Atti del reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 90(2): 155-158, pl. 4.
page(s): 155-158; pl. 4 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. Invertebrate Zoology. 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.06 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Schiaparelli, S. (2008). Bivalvia. In: Relini G. (ed), Checklist della flora e della fauna dei mari italiani. Parte I. Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 15 (Suppl. 1): 296-314., available online at https://www.sibm.it/public/book-files/SIBM-Biologia-Marina-Mediterranea-15-Suppl-1---2008-ITAENG--Num-.pdf [details]

new combination reference Dijkstra, H. H.; Goud, J. (2002). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae & Pectinidae) collected during the Dutch CANCAP and MAURITANIA expeditions in the south-eastern region of the North Atlantic Ocean. Basteria. 66 (1): 31-82., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/597232 [details]