Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
Last update: 8 Ottobre 2018
SYNONYMS (Source: WoRMS-World Register of Marine Species):
Chlamys erminea Noodt, 1819
Chlamys glabra (Linnaeus, 1758) (currently placed in genus Flexopecten)
Chlamys proteus (Dillwyn, 1817)
Chlamys subsulcata (Locard, 1888)
Flexopecten glaber glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
Flexopecten glaber proteus (Dillwyn, 1817)
Flexopecten proteus (Dillwyn, 1817)
Ostrea aurantia Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Ostrea citrina Poli, 1795 (synonym)
Ostrea citrina Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Ostrea fasciata Linnaeus, 1758
Ostrea flavescens Gmelin, 1791
Ostrea glabra Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Ostrea maculata Born, 1778 (synonym)
Ostrea nebulosa Poli, 1795 (synonym)
Ostrea nebulosa Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Ostrea obscura Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775
Ostrea proteus Dillwyn, 1817 (original combination)
Ostrea rustica Poli, 1795 (synonym)
Ostrea rustica Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Ostrea subrotundata Gmelin, 1791
Ostrea sulcata Born, 1778
Pecten anisopleurus Locard, 1888 (synonym)
Pecten distans Lamarck, 1819 (synonym)
Pecten flavidulus Lamarck, 1819 (synonym)
Pecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pecten glaber var. pontica Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898 (synonym)
Pecten golus de Gregorio, 1885 (synonym)
Pecten griseus Lamarck, 1819 (synonym)
Pecten pirillus de Gregorio, 1885 (synonym)
Pecten praeteritus Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898 (synonym)
Pecten subsulcatus Locard, 1898
Pecten sulcatus Lamarck, 1819 (synonym)
Pecten unicolor Lamarck, 1819 (synonym)
Pecten virgo Lamarck, 1819 (synonym)
Proteopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
TYPE MATERIAL:
Linnean Society of London. N. G-M 0010019 (http://linnean-online.org/17157/)
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mediterranean Sea.
DISTRIBUTION:
Whole Mediterranean Sea.
REMARKS:
Extremily variable specie in shape, size and color. You can compare this species with Flexopecten flexuosa (check COMPARISON table). Mimachlamys meli Cossignani 2016 is probably described in the base of juvenile specimens of Flexopecten glaber (personal opinion).
LITERATURE:
–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., p. 698
