Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 (royal cloak scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Aequipecten pallium, Chlamys (Aequipecten) pallium, Chlamys pallium, Cryptopecten pallium, Ostrea pallium, Pecten (Chlamys) pallium

Synonyms: Cryptopecten speciosum Reeve 1853, Gloripallium speciosum Reeve 1853, Pecten novaeguinae Tenison Woods 1878, Pecten speciosus Reeve 1853

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Gloripallium according to H. H. Dijkstra and R. N. Kilburn 2001

See also Azzaroli 1958, Hendy 2007, Ladd and Hoffmeister 1945, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Linnaeus 1758, Rombouts 1991 and Skwarko 1994

Sister taxa: Gloripallium crassivenium, Gloripallium rikinnensis

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Japan (1), Kenya (8), Tonga (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1)

• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Japan (1)

• Miocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Somalia (4), Vanuatu (1)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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