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

Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Delectopecten*	R. B. Stewart, 1930	accepted genus name
*Palliolum (Delectopecten)*	R. B. Stewart, 1930	synonym

Species group names

*Chlamys abyssorum*	(G. O. Sars, 1878)	synonym
*Chlamys chaperi*	Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897	synonym
*Chlamys papyracea*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Cyclopecten vitreus*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Delectopecten vitreus abyssorum*	(G. O. Sars, 1878)	synonym
*Ostrea vitrea*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Pecten abyssorum*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym
*Pecten vitreus*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Pecten vitreus var. albida*	Locard, 1888	synonym
*Pecten vitreus var. denudata*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Pecten vitreus var. elongata*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Pecten vitreus var. inflata*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Pecten vitreus var. lavigata*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Pecten vitreus var. minor*	Locard, 1888	synonym
*Pecten vitreus var. sublaevigata*	Locard, 1888	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: glat kammusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: korallskjel

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	Dijkstra, H. H.; Kilburn, R. N. (2001). The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea). African Invertebrates. 42: 263-321.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791). 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:140702

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Environment

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Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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IUCN:
Red List status CR 2006 This species is critically endangered and is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is critically endangered and is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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2009-04-08 by Henk Dijkstra

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