North Sea Benthos Survey (NSBS)

WoRMS taxon details

Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chlamys varia

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mimachlamys Iredale, 1929

Original name

Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Chlamys varius (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)

Ostrea aculeata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ostrea flammea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ostrea incarnata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ostrea media Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Ostrea ochroleuca Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Ostrea rufescens W. Turton, 1802 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ostrea seminuda Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Ostrea subrufa Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ostrea varia Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Pecten arzellus De Gregorio, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten multicostatus Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted

Pecten varia (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Pecten varius (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)

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

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236719 on 2024-11-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-01-23 17:27:48Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-03-17 11:53:26Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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

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

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

original description (of Ostrea incarnata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

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

original description (of Ostrea rufescens W. Turton, 1802) Turton W. (1802). A General System of Nature, through the three grand Kingdoms of Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals; systematicallydivided into their several classes, orders, genera, species, and varieties, with their habitations, manners, economy, structure,and peculiarities. Translated from Gmelin's last edition of the celebrated Systema Natura, by Sir Charles Linné : Amended andenlarged by the improvements and discoveries of later naturalists and societies, with appropriate copper-pla. Lackington and co. 4 vol.: , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83209
page(s): Vol. 4, p. 270. [details]

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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 698 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Ostrea seminuda Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Pecten multicostatus Reeve, 1853) Reeve, L. A. (1852-1853). Monograph of the genus Pecten. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-35 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-8, Nov. 1852; 9-12, Dec. 1852; 13-16, Feb. 1853; 17-20, Apr. 1853; 21-28, May 1853; 29-32, Jun. 1853; 33-35, Aug. 1853]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120260 [details]

original description (of Ostrea media Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

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), Checklist della flora e della fauna dei mari italiani. Parte I. Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

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.
page(s): 256 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	freskorja e larmishme [from synonym]	[details]
Catalan	petxina variada [from synonym]	[details]
Danish	varierende kammusling	[details]
Dutch	bonte mantel	[details]
English	variegated scallop	[details]
French	pétoncle noirpétoncle [from synonym]peigne [from synonym]	[details]
Galician	zamburiña [from synonym]	[details]
German	bunte Kammuschelbunte Kammmuschel [from synonym]Bunte Kammmuschel	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	ΧλαμύδαΠολύχρωμο χτένιΚαλόγρια	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	urskjell [from synonym]	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	urskjel [from synonym]	[details]
Spanish	zamburiña [from synonym]	[details]