Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinoida > Superfamily Pectinoidea > Family Pectinidae > Subfamily Pedinae > Genus Mimachlamys

Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mimachlamys*	Iredale, 1929	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chlamys varia*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Ostrea aculeata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea flammea*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea incarnata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea ochroleuca*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea subrufa*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Ostrea varia*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Pecten arzellus*	de Gregorio, 1885	synonym

Children

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: varierende kammusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Καλόγρια; Πολύχρωμο χτένι; Χλαμύδα

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Schiaparelli, Stefano (2006). Bivalvi, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
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

GenBank (75 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
Barcode of Life
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Mimachlamys varia (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:236719