Pecten albicans

Pecten albicans, common name Japanese baking scallop, is a species of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

Pecten albicans
Shell of Pecten albicans from Japan at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Pecten
Species:	P. albicans
Binomial name
Pecten albicans (Schröter, 1802)
Synonyms
Ostrea albicans Schröter, 1802 Pallium albicans Schröter, 1802 Pecten laqueatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1842 Plicatula laqueatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1842 Plicatula naganumana Yokoyama, 1920

Description

Pecten albicans has a shell reaching a size of 95 mm, with about 12 radiating ribs. The color of the surface usually ranges from light brown to dark brown, but it may be also orange or purple. The lower valve of this species is less convex than in Pecten excavatus. This species is of commercial value for fishing in Japan.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Japanese and the South China Seas.

Habitat

These scallops are present in shallow inshore reef areas, at depths of 40–115 meters.