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

Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Propeamussium*	De Gregorio, 1884	accepted genus name
*Pecten (Propeamussium)*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym

Species group names

*Amussium hypomeces*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897	synonym
*Amussium lucidum*	(Jeffreys, 1873)	synonym
*Amussium lucidum var. striata*	Jeffreys, 1879	synonym
*Parvamussium lucidum*	(Jeffreys, 1873)	synonym
*Propeamussium centobi*	Schein, 1989	synonym
*Propeamussium editae*	De Gregorio, 1898	synonym

Literature

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	Morton B. & Thurston M.H. (1989). The functional morphology of Propeamussium lucidum (Bivalvia: Pectinacea), a deep-sea predatory scallop.. Journal of Zoology 218: 471-496.
subsequent type designation	Dijkstra, H. H.; Gofas, S. (2004). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from some northeastern Atlantic seamounts. Sarsia. 89 (1): 33-78.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys, 1873). 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:140714