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Hemipecten

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Hemipecten
Hemipecten forbesianus (front) and Placuna lincolnii (back)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Hemipecten
Adams & Reeve, 1849
Synonyms
  • Semipecten P. Fischer, 1886
  • Venilia A. Adams & Reeve, 1848

Hemipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, and the scallops.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Hemipecten include:

References

  1. ^ 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.