WoRMS taxon details
Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791)
140702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140702)
accepted
Species
Chlamys abyssorum (G. O. Sars, 1878) · unaccepted (synonym)
Chlamys chaperi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chlamys papyracea Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chlamys vitrea (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cyclopecten abyssorum (G. O. Sars, 1878) · unaccepted
Cyclopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Delectopecten vitreus abyssorum (G. O. Sars, 1878) · unaccepted
Ostrea vitrea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Palliolum (Delectopecten) spinari Tomašových, 1998 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (tentative junior subjective synonym)
Palliolum vitreum (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (unaccepted generic combination)
Pecten abyssorum G. O. Sars, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten gemmellarifilii Aradas, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Pecten vitreus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 · unaccepted (junior synonym and secondary homonym)
Pecten vitreus var. albida Locard, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten vitreus var. denudata Locard, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten vitreus var. elongata Locard, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten vitreus var. inflata Locard, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten vitreus var. lavigata Lovén, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten vitreus var. minor Locard, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pecten vitreus var. sublaevigata Locard, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudamussium gelatinosum Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Delectopecten vitreus abyssorum (G. O. Sars, 1878) accepted as Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791)
marine
(of Ostrea vitrea 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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3328 [details]
page(s): 3328 [details]
Depth range lower littoral-abyssal.
Distribution 49°N to 55.5°S; 68.4°W to 0°W, Prince Edward Island (from northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island...
Depth range lower littoral-abyssal. [details]
Distribution 49°N to 55.5°S; 68.4°W to 0°W, Prince Edward Island (from northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island...
Distribution 49°N to 55.5°S; 68.4°W to 0°W, Prince Edward Island (from northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140702 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pecten abyssorum G. O. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Chlamys papyracea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Chlamys chaperi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1897). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1896. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 10: 139-234, pl. 3-7., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10107630
page(s): 190-191; pl. 5 fig. 5-8 [details]
original description (of Ostrea vitrea 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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3328 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus var. denudata Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus var. elongata Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus var. inflata Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus var. lavigata Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus var. albida Locard, 1888) Locard, A. (1888). Contributions à la faune malacologique française. X. Monographie des espèces du genre <i>Pecten</i>. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 34: 133-287., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43919631
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Pseudamussium gelatinosum Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889) Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1889). Mollusques. <i>in</i>: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). <em>Paris, Gauthiers-Villars.</em> H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105001 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). Monograph of the genus <i>Pecten</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (2): 45–78, pls 12–20. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937271
page(s): 71, pl. 14, figs. 86, 87; note: attributed to Chemnitz, pl. 67, fig. 637 [details]
original description (of Pecten gemmellarifilii Aradas, 1859) Biondi Giunti, S. (1859-1860). Descrizione di alcune specie malacologiche nuove che vivono nel nostro littorale. <em>Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania, serie seconda.</em> 14: 113-124, 1 pl. [1859], 15: 303-322 [1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7999005
page(s): 118-119, pl. 1 fig. 4; note: spelled Gemmellari filii; a footnote states that the Latin diagnosis for this species was written by Aradas [details]
original description (of Palliolum (Delectopecten) spinari Tomašových, 1998 †) Tomašových, A. (1998). Bádenské mäkkýše z tehelne Devinska Nová Ves (Bratislava, Slovensko). <em>Mineralia Slovaca.</em> 30: 357-386.
page(s): 366, 368, 385-386, pl. 7, figs 1-10 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Chlamys papyracea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Chlamys chaperi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1897). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1896. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 10: 139-234, pl. 3-7., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10107630
page(s): 190-191; pl. 5 fig. 5-8 [details]
original description (of Ostrea vitrea 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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3328 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus var. denudata Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus var. elongata Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus var. inflata Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus var. lavigata Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus var. albida Locard, 1888) Locard, A. (1888). Contributions à la faune malacologique française. X. Monographie des espèces du genre <i>Pecten</i>. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 34: 133-287., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43919631
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Pseudamussium gelatinosum Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889) Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1889). Mollusques. <i>in</i>: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). <em>Paris, Gauthiers-Villars.</em> H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105001 [details]
original description (of Pecten vitreus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). Monograph of the genus <i>Pecten</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (2): 45–78, pls 12–20. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937271
page(s): 71, pl. 14, figs. 86, 87; note: attributed to Chemnitz, pl. 67, fig. 637 [details]
original description (of Pecten gemmellarifilii Aradas, 1859) Biondi Giunti, S. (1859-1860). Descrizione di alcune specie malacologiche nuove che vivono nel nostro littorale. <em>Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania, serie seconda.</em> 14: 113-124, 1 pl. [1859], 15: 303-322 [1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7999005
page(s): 118-119, pl. 1 fig. 4; note: spelled Gemmellari filii; a footnote states that the Latin diagnosis for this species was written by Aradas [details]
original description (of Palliolum (Delectopecten) spinari Tomašových, 1998 †) Tomašových, A. (1998). Bádenské mäkkýše z tehelne Devinska Nová Ves (Bratislava, Slovensko). <em>Mineralia Slovaca.</em> 30: 357-386.
page(s): 366, 368, 385-386, pl. 7, figs 1-10 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Identification resource
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.
page(s): 268 [details]
page(s): 268 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Dijkstra, H. H.; Kilburn, R. N. (2001). The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea). <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 42: 263-321., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/355603
page(s): 270 [details]
[request]additional source Dijkstra, H. H.; Kilburn, R. N. (2001). The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea). <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 42: 263-321., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/355603
page(s): 270 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range lower littoral-abyssal. [details]Distribution 49°N to 55.5°S; 68.4°W to 0°W, Prince Edward Island (from northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]
Length >25 mm [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | glat kammusling | [details] |
| English | vitreous scallop | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | korallskjell | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | korallskjel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (154 publications) (from synonym Pecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Pecten abyssorum G. O. Sars, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Delectopecten vitreus SCULPTURED)
To Conchology (Delectopecten vitreus)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Delectopecten vitreus)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791) Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Lookout, North Carolin...
To Malacopics (Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791) North Sea, English Klondike, at 8 m depth, coll...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-24315) (from synonym Pseudamussium gelatinosum Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea vitrea Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. denudata Locard, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. elongata Locard, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. inflata Locard, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. lavigata Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. minor Locard, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. albida Locard, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. sublaevigata Locard, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Delectopecten vitreus abyssorum (G. O. Sars, 1878))
To PESI (from synonym Pecten abyssorum G. O. Sars, 1878)
To PESI (from synonym Chlamys papyracea Röding, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Chlamys chaperi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Pseudamussium gelatinosum Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (154 publications) (from synonym Pecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Pecten abyssorum G. O. Sars, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Delectopecten vitreus SCULPTURED)
To Conchology (Delectopecten vitreus)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Delectopecten vitreus)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791) Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Lookout, North Carolin...
To Malacopics (Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791) North Sea, English Klondike, at 8 m depth, coll...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-24315) (from synonym Pseudamussium gelatinosum Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea vitrea Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. denudata Locard, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. elongata Locard, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. inflata Locard, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. lavigata Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. minor Locard, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. albida Locard, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus var. sublaevigata Locard, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Pecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Delectopecten vitreus abyssorum (G. O. Sars, 1878))
To PESI (from synonym Pecten abyssorum G. O. Sars, 1878)
To PESI (from synonym Chlamys papyracea Röding, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Chlamys chaperi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Pseudamussium gelatinosum Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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