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Great Atlantic Scallop

Pecten maximus (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pecten maximus (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea maxima Hupé 1854
Pecten maximus (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Femorale
Pecten maximus (Linnaeus 1758)
Pecten vulgaris
Species recognized by United States Species List
Ostrea maxima
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Pecten maximus
Pecten maximus (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Shelled animal body mass
Plicatula similis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Ostrea maxima Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pecten medius Lamarck 1819
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pecten vulgaris da Costa 1778
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Plicatula similis G. B. Sowerby II 1842
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea maxima Linnaeus 1758
Pecten medius Daniel 1883
Pecten vulgaris da Costa 1778
Plicatula similis G. B. Sowerby II 1842
Ostrea maxima Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea maxima Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pecten medius Lamarck 1819
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pecten medius Lamarck 1819
Pecten vulgaris da Costa 1778
Pecten vulgaris da Costa 1778
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Plicatula similis G. B. Sowerby II 1842
Plicatula similis G. B. Sowerby II 1842
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Great Atlantic scallop preferred
Recognized by FAO species catalogs
St. James' shell
common scallop
coquille St. Jacques
great Atlantic scallop
great scallop
king scallop
pelgrim scallop

Arabic

أسقلوب preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Asturian

venera preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

Erromes-maskor handi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

petxina de pelegrí de l'Atlàntic preferred

Chinese

圣雅克贝壳 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Corsican

Cunchiglia di San Ghjacumu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

hřebenatka kuchyňská preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

kammusling preferred
stor kammusling

Dutch; Flemish

Grote mantel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
St. Jacobschelp
grote mantel
grote mantelschelp

French

Coquille St-Jacques atlantique preferred
Recognized by FAO species catalogs
cocquille Saint-Jacques preferred
coquille St-Jacques atlantique
grande coquille st. Jacques
grande vanne

Galician

vieira preferred

German

Große Pilgermuschel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Χτένι preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Risadiskur preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
risdiskur

Ido

Petonklo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Indonesian

Simping preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

cappasanta atlantica preferred
pettine maggiore
ventaglio

Japanese

ヨーロッパホタテ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020
ヨーロッパホタテガイ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

kamskjel preferred
kamskjell preferred

Persian

گوش‌ماهی شاه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Przegrzebek zwyczajny preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Vieira preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

grebeshok preferred

Scottish Gaelic

Slige-chreachainn preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Venera preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Vieira(=Concha de Santiago) preferred
Recognized by FAO species catalogs
concha de Santiago
concha de peregrino

Swedish

Pilgrimsmussla preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kalmmussla
stor kammussla

Welsh

cragen gylchog preferred

Arz

اسقلوب preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

De Ch

Jakobsmuschel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

En Ca

Scallop preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

En Gb

Scallop preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pt Br

Vieira preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Pecten maximus (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pectinida
Pectinidae
Pecten Müller 1776
245 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Pectinidae
Pecten
38 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pectinida
Pectinidae
Pecten
12 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.