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 Aequipecten

Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aequipecten*	P. Fischer, 1886	accepted genus name
*Chlamys (Aequipecten)*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Chlamys bruei coeni*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Chlamys bruei pulchricostata*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Chlamys opercularis*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Ostrea dubia*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea elegans*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea versicolor*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Pecten audouinii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Pecten daucus*	Reeve, 1853	synonym
*Pecten lineatus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Pecten lineatus var. albida*	Locard, 1888	synonym
*Pecten lineatus var. bicolor*	Locard, 1888	synonym
*Pecten opercularis*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Pecten opercularis var. albopurpurascens*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Pecten opercularis var. albovariegata*	Clément, 1874	synonym
*Pecten opercularis var. aspera*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889	synonym
*Pecten opercularis var. concolor*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889	synonym
*Pecten opercularis var. depressa*	Locard, 1888	synonym
*Pecten opercularis var. elongata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Pecten opercularis var. luteus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: freskorja e mbretëreshës sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: xel sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

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

Dutch: wijde mantel sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: queen scallop 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.

French: olivette; pageline; peigne; pétoncle blanc; picheline; vanneau sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;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: Bunte Kammmuschel; bunte Kammuschel; gefelderte Kammmuschel; Kleine Kammmuschel; kleine Pilgermuschel; Reisemantel 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.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

Greek: Χτένι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: canestrello; leque sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: harpeskjel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: hoppmussla

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	Le Pennec M. (1982). L'élevage expérimental de Chlamys opercularis (L.) (Bivalvia, Pectinidae). Vie Marine. 4: 29-36.
additional source	Monterosato, T. A. di. (1906). Articolo sul Pecten opercularis e sue forme. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series, 18(7): 145–151. [February 1st, 1906].

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aequipecten opercularis (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:140687