Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinida > Superfamily Pectinoidea > Family Pectinidae > Subfamily Palliolinae > Tribe Palliolini

Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pecten (Peplum)*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889	synonym
*Peplum*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889	synonym

Children

Pseudamussium clavatum (Poli, 1795)
Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771)

Literature

original description	Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein.
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.
additional source	ICZN. (1964). Opinion 714. Mörch, 1852-53, Catalogus Conchyliorum: Validated under the plenary powers with designation of a type-species for Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853 (Pelecypoda) 355. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 21: 355-356.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138325