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Peconic Bay scallops, like all bay scallops, are functional hermaphrodites that release both sperm and eggs alternately in the course of a single spawning event; spawning in the Peconic Bays usually begins between late May and mid-July, but spawn seasons have been recorded starting as late as September and October. [4]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Bay scallops along Virginia’s Eastern Shore are no longer extinct thanks to a decades-long seagrass restoration project, known to be one of the largest and most ...
Peconic Bay is divided by Robins Island into the Great Peconic Bay on the west and Little Peconic Bay on the east. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The west end of Great Peconic Bay is also called Flanders Bay. Great Peconic is a shallow bay, less than 30 feet (9.1 m) deep, while Little Peconic reaches depths of over 80 feet (24 m).
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 .
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.
Peconic Bay scallops; Argopecten purpuratus; V. Argopecten ventricosus This page was last edited on 25 January 2021, at 06:23 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Argopecten gibbus, the Atlantic calico scallop, is a species of medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This species was once the basis of an important fishery, but in recent years catches have been low.
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