Pecten (genus)
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| Pecten Temporal range: Eocene–Recent |
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| Two beachworn upper valves of Pecten maximus from Wales | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreoida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Pecten Müller, 1776 |
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Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
This is the type genus of the family.
The name "Pecten" is the Latin word for a comb or rake. [1]
Since 1904 a Pecten shell has been used as the basis of the logo of Shell petroleum company.[1]
[edit] Species
Species in the genus Pecten include
- Pecten maximus - the great scallop, which species may also include Pecten jacobaeus
- Pecten novaezealandiae - New Zealand scallop
- Pecten sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842[2][3] - South African scallop
- Pecten yessoensis - Japanese (sea) scallop
[edit] References
- ^ See Shell Website - http://www.shell.co.uk/home/content/gbr/aboutshell/who_we_are_tpkg/our_history/history_logo/
- ^ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214919 accessed 5 January 2010
- ^ Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E (2005): Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 0-86486-672-0
