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

Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Flexopecten*	Sacco, 1897	accepted genus name
*Chlamys (Flexopecten)*	Sacco, 1897	synonym
*Chlamys (Lissopecten)*	A. E. Verrill, 1897	synonym

Species group names

*Chlamys glabra*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Chlamys proteus*	(Dillwyn, 1817)	synonym
*Chlamys subsulcata*	(Locard, 1898)	synonym
*Flexopecten glaber glaber*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Flexopecten glaber proteus*	(Dillwyn, 1817)	synonym
*Ostrea aurantia*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea citrina*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea glabra*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Ostrea maculata*	Born, 1778	synonym
*Ostrea nebulosa*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea rustica*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea sulcata*	Born, 1778	synonym
*Pecten anisopleurus*	Locard, 1888	synonym
*Pecten distans*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pecten flavidulus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pecten glaber*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Pecten golus*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Pecten griseus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pecten pirillus*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Pecten praeteritus*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898	synonym
*Pecten proteus*	(Dillwyn, 1817)	synonym
*Pecten subsulcatus*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Pecten sulcatus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pecten unicolor*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pecten virgo*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym

Children

Flexopecten glaber ponticus (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: smooth scallop sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Glatte Kammmuschel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Γυαλιστερό χτένι

Literature

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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:236720