Argopecten
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreoida |
| Suborder: | Pectinina |
| Superfamily: | Pectinoidea |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 |
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Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.[1]
[edit] Species
Species within the genus Argopecten include:
- Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1767) — Atlantic calico scallop
- Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
- Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) — Atlantic bay scallop (five subspecies)
- Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778) — nucleus scallop
- Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Peruvian calico scallop or Chilean-Peruvian scallop
[edit] References
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 29-30.
- Malacolog info at: [1]
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