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Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chlamys varia
Chlamys varia

236719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236719)

accepted
Species
Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ostrea aculeata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ostrea flammea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ostrea incarnata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ostrea subrufa Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten arzellus De Gregorio, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)

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(of Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 698 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236719 on 2026-08-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=236719 on 2026-08-14
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2007-01-23 17:27:48Z
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Appeltans, Ward
2010-03-17 11:53:26Z
checked
Gofas, Serge

original description (of Ostrea aculeata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ostrea subrufa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ostrea flammea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ostrea incarnata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3330, n. 83 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ostrea ochroleuca Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 698 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Schiaparelli, S. (2008). Bivalvia. In: Relini G. (ed), <i>Checklist della flora e della fauna dei mari italiani</i>. Parte I. <em>Biologia Marina Mediterranea.</em> 15 (Suppl. 1): 296-314., available online at https://www.sibm.it/public/book-files/SIBM-Biologia-Marina-Mediterranea-15-Suppl-1---2008-ITAENG--Num-.pdf [details] 

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. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 256 [details] 
 
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Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications) (from synonym Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mimachlamys varia) 
To GenBank (1568 nucleotides; 89 proteins) 
To GenBank (1568 nucleotides; 89 proteins) (from synonym Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Malacopics (Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) Egypt, Gulf of Suez, off Suez, by trawling, ex c... 
To Malacopics (Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, Erquy Plage) 
To Malacopics (Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Golfe de Morbihan, b... 
To Malacopics (Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Kefallonia, Kefalonia Islan... 
To Malacopics (Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Kefallonia, Kefalonia Islan... 
To Malacopics (Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Zakynthos, Laganas) 
To Malacopics (Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Zykinthos, Laganas) 
To Malacopics (Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Lesvos, Kolpos Geras, Nti... 
To Malacopics (Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg) 
To Malacopics (Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) PLEISTOCENE-EEMIEN, North Sea, Southern Bight, n... 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea aculeata Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea subrufa Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea flammea Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea incarnata Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea ochroleuca Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten arzellus De Gregorio, 1885)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758))
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