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Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae scallops

Genus: Pecten

(See list of species below)

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22 species (see list below)
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific.

Pecten albicans(Schroter, 1802)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Pecten albicans
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten caurinus
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten chazaliei
[Dwarf zigzag scallop]
No picture found
 
Pecten diegensis
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten diomedeus
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten dorotheae
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten erythraeensis
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten eucymatus
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten excavatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.3 cm SHL
 
Pecten fumatus
[]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and Medi
Max. Length 25 cm SHL
Pecten jacobaeus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Pecten jacobaeus
[Great mediterranean scallop]
No picture found
 
Pecten jocobaeus
[]

Scott, Sue

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 17 cm SHD
Pecten maximus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Scott, Sue
 
Pecten maximus
[Great Atlantic scallop]
No picture found
 
Pecten meridionalis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14 cm ShL
 
Pecten novaezelandiae
[Scallop]
No picture found
 
Pecten oweni
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten raoulensis
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten raveneli
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten sinensis
[]
No picture found
 
Pecten sulcicostatus
[]
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Pecten tricarinatus
[]
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Pecten waikikius
[]


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