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Aequipecten tehuelchus

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Aequipecten tehuelchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Aequipecten
Species:
A. tehuelchus
Binomial name
Aequipecten tehuelchus
(d'Orbigny, 1842)

Aequipecten tehuelchus is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.[1]

The species is found in South America.[1] Its shell changes shape and size in three different stages throughout its lifetime: spat, juvenile, and adult.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1842)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ^ Márquez, F; Amoroso, R; Gowland Sainz, Mf; Van der Molen, S (14 December 2010). "Shell morphology changes in the scallop Aequipecten tehuelchus during its life span: a geometric morphometric approach" (PDF). Aquatic Biology. 11 (2): 149–155. doi:10.3354/ab00301. Retrieved 20 February 2022.