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

Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chlamys*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Chlamys (Chlamys)*	Röding, 1798	synonym

Species group names

*Chlamys costellata*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897	synonym
*Ostrea cinnabrina*	Born, 1780	synonym
*Pecten fabricii*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Pecten pealeii*	Conrad, 1831	synonym
*Pecten peslei*	Lucas, 1979	synonym
*Pecten rubidus*	Martyn, 1792	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: noordelijke kamschelp sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: Iceland scallop sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: peigne islandais sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: Isländische Kammmuschel; Isländische Kammuschel; Island-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.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: haneskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: haneskjel

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	Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
additional source	Greve, L.; Samuelsen, T. J. (1970). A population of Chlamys islandica(O. F. Müller) found in western Norway. Sarsia. 45(1): 17-24.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chlamys islandica (O. F. Müller, 1776). 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:140692