North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795)

Flexopecten flexuosus

AphiaID

225259 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225259)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Flexopecten Sacco, 1897

Original name

Ostrea flexuosa Poli, 1795

Synonymised names

Chlamys flexuosa (Poli, 1795) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Flexopecten coarctatus (Born, 1778) · unaccepted

Ostrea coarctata Born, 1778 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum (declared by Cosel et al. (2014))

Ostrea flexuosa Poli, 1795 · unaccepted (original combination; declared...)

original combination; declared nomen protectum

Pecten amphicyrtus Locard, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten ferrugineus Locard, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten flagellatus Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795) · unaccepted (superseded generic combination)

Pecten flexuosus var. biradiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten isabella Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pecten plicatulus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ostrea flexuosa Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 161, pl. 28 fig. 11 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=225259 on 2026-05-26

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Flexopecten flexuosus (Poli, 1795). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=225259 on 2026-05-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-21 07:52:06Z

created

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2009-04-30 13:20:50Z

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Dijkstra, Henk

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original description (of Pecten amphicyrtus Locard, 1888) Locard, A. (1888). Contributions à la faune malacologique française. X. Monographie des espèces du genre Pecten. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 34: 133-287., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43919631
page(s): 224-227 [details]

original description (of Pecten isabella Lamarck, 1819) 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
page(s): 159, n° 26 [details]

original description (of Pecten flagellatus Lamarck, 1819) 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
page(s): 167, n° 19 [details]

original description (of Pecten plicatulus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

original description (of Ostrea flexuosa Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 161, pl. 28 fig. 11 [details]

original description (of Ostrea coarctata Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 90 [details]

original description (of Pecten flexuosus var. biradiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 95, pl. 21 fig. 6; note: name credited to Tiberi, but this could not be traced to an earlier publication [details]

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]