Hemipecten
Appearance
Hemipecten | |
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Hemipecten forbesianus (front) and Placuna lincolnii (back) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Hemipecten Adams & Reeve, 1849 |
Synonyms | |
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Hemipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, and the scallops.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Hemipecten include:
- Hemipecten forbesianus Adams & Reeve, 1849
References
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 28.