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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Pectinoidea: Pectinidae

Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776)


Range: 77.5°N to 41.7°N; 70.7°W to 20°W
Depth: 2 to 320 m (live 19 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 60  mm

Synonymy

Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776
Ostrea cinnabarina Born, 1778
Pecten rubidus Martyn, 1784
Pecten pealeii Conrad, 1831
Pecten fabricii Philippi, 1844
Pecten tenuis Mörch, 1869
Pecten albus Verkrüzen, 1881
Chlamys costellata Verrill & Bush, 1897
Chlamys insculpta A. E. Verrill, 1897

Details


Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 77.5°N to 41.7°N; 70.7°W to 20°W
Depth: 2 to 320 m (live 19 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Hudson Bay, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Georges Bank
References: Matthew (1874); Procter (1933) Ll; Waller (1991) NSW
Comments: A record from Chesapeake Bay appears to be based on a Pleistocene fossil (Waller 1991).

Pecten albus Verkrüzen, 1881a, 
[Synonym]

Ostrea cinnabarina Born, 1778, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Chlamys costellata Verrill & Bush, 1897, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Pecten fabricii Philippi, 1844, 
[Synonym]

Chlamys insculpta A. E. Verrill, 1897, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Pecten pealeii Conrad, 1831a, p. 260-261
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Maine
Distribution: USA: Maine
References: Bernard (1983) s

Pecten pealii sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for P. pealeii by Conrad (1831b).

Pecten rubidus Martyn, 1784, 
[Not available]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Non-binominal.

Pecten islandicus var. tenuis Mörch, 1869b, p. 31, [Philippi 1844, pl. 1, fig. 5]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bellsound, Spitzberg


Partial List of References

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 6 256-268, pl. 11. [Stated date: -- Mar 1831; true date: -- Apr 1831.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1869. Catalogue des Mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette la Recherche en juin 1838 Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 4 7-32.

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