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Scallop (/ ˈ s k ɒ l ə p, ˈ s k æ l ə p /) [a] is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops.However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters.
Chlamys hastata, the spear scallop, spiny scallop or swimming scallop, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae found on the west coast of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to San Diego, California. A limited number of these scallops are harvested by divers or by narrow trawls off the west coast of Canada.
Pecten maximus, common names the great scallop, king scallop, St James shell or escallop, is a northeast Atlantic species of scallop, an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae. This is the type species of the genus.
The pink scallop can be distinguished from its close relative the spiny scallop (Chlamys hastata) by the valves being rather more rounded and by the lack of spines on the ribs which gives it a smooth texture. The glossy white interior of the shell does not have the purplish markings that are sometimes present in the spiny scallop. [2]
Mimachlamys asperrima, common name the austral scallop, [1] doughboy, doughboy scallop, fan shell, or prickly scallop, [2] is a species of scallop, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Chlamys is a genus of small scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. [2] [3] The name is taken from the Ancient Greek, χλαμΰς or Chlamys, a cloak worn by soldiers.
Caribachlamys imbricata (Gmelin, 1791) — Little knobby scallop Caribachlamys ornata (Lamarck, 1819) — Ornate scallop Caribachlamys sentis (Reeve, 1853) — Sentis scallop
Pecten jacobaeus, the Mediterranean scallop, is a species of scallop, an edible saltwater scallop, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. [ 1 ] Fossil valve of Pecten jacobaeus from Pliocene of Italy
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