North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819)

Argopecten irradians - bay scallop

AphiaID

156817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156817)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Argopecten Monterosato, 1889

Original name

Pecten irradians Lamarck, 1819

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156817 on 2026-06-22

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156817 on 2026-06-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 07:57:29Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of ) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]

taxonomy source Bert T.M., Arnold W.S., McMillen-Jackson A.L., Wilbur A.E. & Crawford C. (2011) Natural and anthropogenic forces shape the population genetics and recent evolutionary history of eastern United States Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians). &i>Journal of shellfish Research 30(3): 583-608., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.030.0302 [details]

additional source Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details]

additional source Kraeuter, J., Adamkewicz, L., Castagna, M., Wall, R. & Karney, R. (1984). Rib number and shell color in hybridized subspecies of the Atlantic bay scallop, Argopecten irradians. The Nautilus. 98(1): 17-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277037 [details]

additional source Marelli, D. C., Krause, M. K., Arnold, W. S. & Lyons, W. G. (1997). Systematic relationships among Florida populations of Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). The Nautilus. 110(2): 31-41, figs. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274359 [details]