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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.
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.
An escalope (UK: / ˈ ɛ s k əl ɒ p / ESK-əl-op, US: / ɪ ˈ s k ɑː l ə p, ˈ ɛ s k əl oʊ p / isk-AH-ləp, ESK-əl-ohp, French:), also scallop in the US (not to be confused with the shellfish), is traditionally a piece of boneless meat that has been thinned out using a mallet or rolling pin [1] [2] or beaten with the handle of a knife, or merely butterflied.
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.
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
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 .
The scallop continues on, opening and closing its shell to help propel it through the water. The other two do the same, one at a time, both settling near the first one. View the original article ...
Vieira is a Portuguese and Galician term which in Portuguese and Galician stands for the Great Pilgrim Mussel from the scallop family (Pectinidae). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term derives its use as a place and family name .