Pecten
Appearance
Pecten or pectin may refer to:
Pecten
[edit]Biology
[edit]- Pecten (biology), any comb like structure in animals
- Pecten (bivalve), a genus of scallops
- Pecten (company), a subsidiary of Sinopec
- Pecten oculi, a structure in the bird retina which contains most of the vasculature
Other uses
[edit]- Pecten, Alberta, Canada
- Venus comb murex, after its scientific name Murex pecten
Pectin
[edit]- Pectin, a plant polysaccharide
- Pectineus muscle, a thigh muscle
- Pectinoidea, a superfamily of bivalve mollusks which includes Pectinidae
- Pectinidae, a family of bivalve mollusks
- Pecten albicans, Japanese baking scallop
- Pecten excavatus
- Pecten sulcicostatus, South African scallop
- Pectinidae, a family of bivalve mollusks