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

Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PectenO. F. Müller, 1776accepted genus name
Vola Mörch, 1853 synonym

Species group names

Pecten jacobeus [sic] orthographic variant
Vola jacobea [sic] synonym
Vola jacobea var. striatissima Foresti, 1876 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: dhambsuta; midhja freskore 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: petxina de pelegrí del Mediterrani sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.
 Dutch: mediterrane Sint-Jacobsschelp 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: great Mediterranean scallop; great scallop; pilgrim mussel; pilgrim's scallop; St.James's scallop sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;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.
 French: coquille Saint Jacques de Méditerranée; coquille St-Jacques méditerranéen sources: 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.
 Galician: vieira do Mediterráneo sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.
 German: Jakobsmuschel; Jakobsmuscheln; Jakobs-Pilgermuschel; Mittelmeer-Pilgermuschel; Pilgermuscheln 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.;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.
 Greek: Μεγάλο χτένι; Χτένι Ιακώβου sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: capa santa; cappasanta; conchiglia dei pellerini; conchiglia di San Giacomo sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.
 Spanish, Castillian: concha de peregrino; venera

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.

additional source

Rı́os, C.; Sanz, S.; Saavedra, C.; Peña, J. (2002). Allozyme variation in populations of scallops, Pecten jacobaeus (L.) and P. maximus (L.) (Bivalvia: Pectinidae), across the Almeria–Oran front. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 267(2): 223-244.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pecten jacobaeus (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:394429

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