MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

ERMS taxon details

Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pecten jacobaeus

AphiaID

394429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394429)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776

Original name

Ostrea jacobaea Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Ostrea jacobaea Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Pecten jacobeus [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)

Vola jacobea [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Vola jacobea var. striatissima Foresti, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ostrea jacobaea 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
page(s): 696 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=394429 on 2026-02-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/images/marks/images/js/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394429 on 2026-02-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-05-03 20:59:17Z

created

Dijkstra, Henk

Licensing

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original description (of Ostrea jacobaea 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
page(s): 696 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Vola jacobea var. striatissima Foresti, 1876) Foresti, L. (1876). Cenni geologici e paleontologici sul Pliocene antico di Castrocaro. Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, serie terza. 6: 521-574, pl. 1., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=t2fBzgEACAAJ [details]

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Rı́os, C.; Sanz, S.; Saavedra, C.; Peña, J. (2002). Allozyme variation in populations of scallops, Pecten jacobaeus (L.) and P. maximus (L.) (Bivalvia: Pectinidae), across the Almeria–Oran front. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 267(2): 223-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(01)00371-9 [details] Available for editors