Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinida > Superfamily Pectinoidea > Family Propeamussiidae

Similipecten Winckworth, 1932

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Arctinula Thiele, 1934 synonym
Chlamys (Similipecten) Winckworth, 1932 synonym
Palliolum (Arctinula) Thiele, 1934 synonym

Children

Similipecten greenlandicus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Similipecten oskarssoni Dijkstra, Warén & Gudmundsson, 2009
Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811)

Literature

redescription

Dijkstra, H. H. & Janssen, R. (2013). Bathyal and abyssal Pectinoidea from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 142(2): 181-214. [20 December 2013].

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Similipecten Winckworth, 1932. 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:147153

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2023-06-26 by Thomas A. Neubauer

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