Placopecten
Appearance
Placopecten | |
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Placopecten magellanicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Placopecten Verrill, 1897 |
Placopecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Placopecten include:
- Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791) — Atlantic deep-sea scallop
References
[edit]- ^ 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.