Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinoida > Superfamily Pectinoidea > Family Pectinidae > Subfamily Pedinae > Genus Mimachlamys

Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MimachlamysIredale, 1929accepted genus name

Species group names

Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym
Ostrea aculeata Gmelin, 1791 synonym
Ostrea flammea Gmelin, 1791 synonym
Ostrea incarnata Gmelin, 1791 synonym
Ostrea ochroleuca Gmelin, 1791 synonym
Ostrea subrufa Gmelin, 1791 synonym
Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Pecten arzellus de Gregorio, 1885 synonym

Children

Mimachlamys varia nivea (MacGillivray, 1825)
Mimachlamys varia varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: varierende kammusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Καλόγρια; Πολύχρωμο χτένι; Χλαμύδα

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

basis of record

Schiaparelli, Stefano (2006). Bivalvi, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.

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

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (75 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
Barcode of Life
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236719

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2010-03-17 by Serge Gofas

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