Aequipecten tehuelchus
Appearance
Aequipecten tehuelchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Aequipecten |
Species: | A. tehuelchus
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Binomial name | |
Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
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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
[edit]- ^ a b "Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1842)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ 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.