Placopecten

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

Placopecten
Placopecten magellanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Placopecten
Verrill, 1897

Species

Species within the genus Placopecten include:

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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.
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