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Pecten maxima
Taxonomy
Ostrea maxima was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Pecten.
It was recombined as Pecten maximus by Wood (1850); it was recombined as Pecten maxima by Müller (1776), Dijkstra and Kilburn (2001) and Spencer et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Pecten maximus by Wood (1850); it was recombined as Pecten maxima by Müller (1776), Dijkstra and Kilburn (2001) and Spencer et al. (2004).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acanikos, P. arachnoideus, P. bagualensis, P. benedictus, P. biddeleana, P. cererideditus, P. chathamensis, P. convexior, P. costellorum, P. daudeleus, P. dutrugei, P. fuschi, P. glyptus, P. laevicostatus, P. lenzi, P. nummularis, P. paulensis, P. radula, P. spitzbergensis, P. tournali, P. validus, P. arachnoideus, P. kikaiensis, P. northamptoni, P. cavanus, P. bellhamellatus, P. nicholsi, P. quotidianus, P. bosniascki, P. serviceus, P. condylomaius, P. jeffersonius, P. byramensis, P. santaecruzensis, P. evergladensis, P. concentricum
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Ostrea maxima Linnaeus |
1776 | Pecten maxima Müller |
1850 | Pecten maximus Wood p. 22 |
2001 | Pecten maxima Dijkstra and Kilburn p. 285 |
2004 | Pecten maxima Spencer et al. |
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Pecten maxima Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available