Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinoida > Superfamily Pectinoidea > Family Pectinidae > Subfamily Pectininae > Tribe Pectinini > Genus Pecten

Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pecten*	O. F. Müller, 1776	accepted genus name
*Vola*	Mörch, 1853	synonym

Species group names

*Ostrea jacobaea*	Linnaeus, 1758	basionym
*Pecten jacobeus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	orthographic variant
*Ostrea jacobaea*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Pecten jacobeus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Vola jacobea*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Vola jacobea var. striatissima*	Foresti, 1876	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dhambsuta; midhja freskore sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: petxina de pelegrí del Mediterrani sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

English: great Mediterranean scallop; pilgrim mussel; pilgrim's scallop sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

French: coquille Saint Jacques de Méditerranée sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Galician: vieira do Mediterráneo sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

German: Jakobsmuscheln; Pilgermuscheln sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Greek: Μεγάλο χτένι; Χτένι Ιακώβου sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: capa santa; cappasanta; conchiglia dei pellerini; conchiglia di San Giacomo sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Spanish, Castillian: concha de peregrino; venera

Literature

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

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (120 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (23 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Dijkstra, H. (2014). Pecten jacobaeus (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:394429