Pecten (bivalve)
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Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family.
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Two beachworn upper valves of Pecten maximus from Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776[1] |
Type species | |
Pecten maximus | |
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Etymology
The name Pecten is from the Latin word for a comb or rake.[3] Since 1904, a Pecten shell has been used as the basis of the logo of Shell energy company.
Species
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Species in the genus Pecten include:[4][5][6][7][8]
- P. albicans (Schröter, 1802)
- P. afribenedictus Kilburn & Dijkstra 1995
- P. alcesianus † McLearn 1933
- P. alpha † Dall 1898
- P. argillensis † Conrad 1860
- P. assinboiensis † Russell & Landes 1937
- P. aurantiacus Roding 1798
- P. aztecus † Bose 1906
- P. barretti † Seeley 1861
- P. bifidus † Menke 1843
- P.biddleana †Kellum 1926
- P. cadwalladerensis † McLearn 1942
- P. ceibanus † Cooke 1928
- P. coderensis † Harris 1927
- P. collapsus † White 1887
- P. coralliphila † Olsson 1922
- P. danicus Chemnitz 1795
- P. deformis † Tate 1887
- P. dendyi † Hutton 1902
- P. dentatus Sowerby 1829
- P. disparatus † Wood 1882
- P. duplicicosta † Roemer, 1849[9]
- P. elixatus † Conrad 1846
- P. excavatus Anton, 1838
- P. expansus † Smith 1847
- P. flemingianus † de Koninck 1863
- P. fumata †
- P. fumatus Reeve 1852
- P. gramamensis † Maury 1930
- P. grapteus † Maury 1924
- P. hemphillii † Dall 1879
- P. humphreysii † Conrad 1842
- P. inaequalis † Cossmann & Lambert 1884
- P. jacobaeus Linnaeus, 1758
- P. kokcharofi † de Verneuil 1845
- P. lowei Hertlein 1935
- P. maximus Linnaeus, 1758
- P. mclellani † Gibson 1987
- P. mediacostatus † Hanna 1926
- P. membranosus † Morton 1834
- P. mendenhalli † Arnold 1906
- P. nearchi † Vredenburg 1928
- Pecten nigromagnus † Sacco 1897[10]
- P. novaezelandiae Reeve 1853
- P. nugenti † Brown 1913
- P. obsoletus Pennant 1777
- P. palmipes † Tate 1886
- P. paradezii † d'Orbigny 1842
- P. pascoei † Cox 1936
- P. pictus † Cossmann & Lambert 1884
- P. pilgrimi † Cox 1936
- P. plebeia † Lamarck 1806
- P. politus † Gemmellaro 1896
- P. pontiamnis † McLearn 1942
- P. pseudosolarium † Hassan 1953
- P. ptychotis † M'Coy 1847
- P. raoulensis Powell 1958
- P. sanctiludovici † Anderson & Martin 1914
- P. santarosanus † Bose 1905
- P. saskatchewanensis † Warren 1934
- P. scintillatus † Conrad 1865
- P. seabeensis † Richards 1947
- P. sealyi † Richards 1947
- P. sedanensis † Martin 1909
- P. silentiensis † McLearn 1926
- P. squamula † Lamarck 1806
- P. striatus Müller 1776
- P. subrufus Pennant 1777
- P. sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842
- P. suwanneensis † Dall 1898
- P. thaumastus † Maury 1924
- P. triradiatus Müller 1776
- P. tyaughtonae † McLearn 1942
- P. vasseli † Fuchs 1878
- P. vaughani † Cooke 1919
- P. vigintisulcatus † Müller 1776
- P. wendelli † Tucker 1934
- P. yessoensis Jay, 1857
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