Euvola raveneli
Appearance
Euvola raveneli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Euvola |
Species: | E. raveneli
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Binomial name | |
Euvola raveneli (Dall, 1898)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pecten raveneli Dall, 1898 |
Euvola raveneli, or Ravenel's scallop, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae.[1][2] It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies. Also known from commercial Scallop fisheries at 100 ft. depth, 30 miles offshore N-East Florida.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Euvola raveneli (Dall, 1898)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ a b Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 26.