Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Leopecten sericeus
Bivalvo, Bivalve
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Pectinida
Superfamily
Pectinoidea
Family
Pectinidae
Genus
Leopecten
Species
sericeus
Taxon category: Accepted
Synm: Pecten sericeus Hinds, 1845 (Horton et al., 2021); Avicula sericea (de Verneuil, 1845), Flabellipecten sericeus (Hinds, 1844), Obliquipecten sericeus (de Verneuil, 1845), Pecten mackrothi von Schauroth, 1854, Pecten sericeus Hinds, 1845, Streblochondria sericea (de Verneuil, 1845) (GBIF Secretariat, 2021).
Origin: Native
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Leopecten sericeus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19869. Accessed 4 November 2026.