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Argopecten irradians, formerly classified as Aequipecten irradians, common names Atlantic bay scallop, bay scallop, and blue-eyed scallop, is a species of scallop in the family Pectinidae. An edible saltwater clam, it is native to the northwest Atlantic from Cape Cod to the Gulf of Mexico .
Peconic Bay scallops are a northern subspecies of bay scallops that are found in the Peconic Estuary, between the northern and southern forks of Long Island. In the estuary, scallops spawn typically in early June, followed by a one- to two-week larval stage where the larvae are free-swimming, and eventually move out of the water column and into ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... 1767) — Atlantic calico scallop; Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) — Atlantic bay scallop (five subspecies) Argopecten ...
The size and number of scallops which can be caught are under control of the quota management system. In some areas of suitable habitat, such as Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere , scallop spat is seeded in an attempt to achieve a sustainable fishery.
Placopecten magellanicus, previously listed as Pecten tenuicostatus and as Pecten grandis [2] and once referred to as the "giant scallop", common names Atlantic deep-sea scallop, deep sea scallop, North Atlantic sea scallop, American sea scallop, Atlantic sea scallop, or sea scallop, [3] is a commercially important pectinid bivalve mollusk native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
The recent annual population survey shows the density of bay scallops in southern coastal bays has climbed by nearly 0.07 scallops […] PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Bay scallops along Virginia’s ...
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.
The giant scallop is equilateral (i.e., symmetrical anterior-to-posterior) and very nearly equivalved (i.e., its left and right valves are close to the same size and shape), though this is not true of all or even most members of the class pectinidae.