North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954

AphiaID

156983 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156983)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 (type by original designation)

Parent

Pectinoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954

Direct children (7)

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Genus Catillopecten Iredale, 1939
Genus Cyclopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897
Genus Parvamussium Sacco, 1897
Genus Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884
Genus Similipecten Winckworth, 1932
Genus Arctinula Thiele, 1934 accepted as Similipecten Winckworth, 1932 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Bathypecten Schein-Fatton, 1985 accepted as Catillopecten Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Abbott, R. T. (1954). American Seashells. New York: Van Nostrand. xiv, 541 pp, 40 pls.
page(s): 361, 369 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156983 on 2026-06-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156983 on 2026-06-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 11:54:45Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2006-01-04 12:34:08Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-10-01 08:49:20Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-03-23 07:37:56Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Abbott, R. T. (1954). American Seashells. New York: Van Nostrand. xiv, 541 pp, 40 pls.
page(s): 361, 369 [details]

taxonomy source Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201
page(s): 72, 121 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). ????????????? ???????? ????????? ??? ??????-???????? ????? ?????? ??????. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. ???????????? ?? ????? ????. Guides to the fauna of the USSR. 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 255 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184. [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Propeamussiidae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)