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Pecten maximus
Species of mollusc, also called St James shell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. This species may be conspecific with Pecten jacobaeus, the pilgrim's scallop, which has a much more restricted distribution.[4]
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Two beachworn upper (flat) valves of Pecten maximus from Wales | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Pecten |
Species: | P. maximus |
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Pecten maximus | |
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