MolluscaBase - Spathochlamys vestalis (Reeve, 1853)

WoRMS taxon details

Spathochlamys vestalis (Reeve, 1853)

AphiaID

393791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393791)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Spathochlamys T. R. Waller, 1993

Original name

Pecten vestalis Reeve, 1853

Synonymised names

Pecten (Chlamys) lowei Hertlein, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pecten vestalis Reeve, 1853 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Pecten vestalis 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]

Descriptive notes

Depth range below littoral

Depth range below littoral [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spathochlamys vestalis (Reeve, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393791 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-25 19:23:33Z

created

Dijkstra, Henk

Licensing

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

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pecten vestalis 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 Pecten (Chlamys) lowei Hertlein, 1935) Hertlein, L. G. (1935). The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 25. The Recent Pectinidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science. ser. 4, 21(25): 301–328., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15973571 [details]

new combination reference Waller, T. R. (1993). The evolution of "Chlamys" (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) in the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. American Malacological Bulletin. 10 (2): 195-249., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45940686 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]