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Family: Pectinidae scallops



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Max. Length 9 cm SHL
 
Adamussium colbecki
[Antarctic scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic

Aequipecten acanthodes(Dall, 1925)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Aequipecten acanthodes
[Prickly scallop]
No picture found
 
Aequipecten commutatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm DL
 
Aequipecten glyptus
[Red-ribbed scallop]
No picture found
 
Aequipecten heliacus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic

Aequipecten lineolaris(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Aequipecten lineolaris
[]
No picture found
 
Aequipecten muscosus
[Mossy scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 11 cm SHL
Aequipecten opercularis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Aequipecten opercularis
[Queen scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.6 cm SHL
 
Aequipecten tehuelchus
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 14 cm ShL
Amusium japonicum(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Amusium japonicum
[Saucer scallop]

FAO

Western Central Atlantic

Amusium laurenti(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Amusium laurenti
[Laurent's scallop]
No picture found
 
Amusium papyraceum
[Paper scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm ShL
Amusium pleuronectes(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Amusium pleuronectes
[Asian moon scallop]
No picture found
 
Anguipecten gregoryi
[]
No picture found
 
Anguipecten lamberti
[Bivalves]
No picture found
 
Anguipecten pacificus
[]
No picture found
 
Anguipecten picturatus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 6.5 cm SHH
Anguipecten superbus(Sowerby, 1842)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Anguipecten superbus
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm ShL
Annachlamys flabellata(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by FAO
 
Annachlamys flabellata
[Leopard scallop]
No picture found
 
Annachlamys histrionica
[]
No picture found
 
Annachlamys iredalei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm SHH
 
Annachlamys macassarensis
[Macassar scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm SHL
 
Annachlamys reevei
[]
No picture found
 
Annachlamys striatula
[]
No picture found
 
Argopecten aequisulcatus
[]

FAO

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 6.3 cm SHL
Argopecten gibbus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Argopecten gibbus
[Calico scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.8 cm DL
 
Argopecten imitatoides
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Argopecten irradians(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Argopecten irradians
[Atlantic Bay scallop]
No picture found
 
Argopecten lineolaris
[Lined scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.7 cm DL
 
Argopecten noronhensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm DL
 
Argopecten nucleus
[Nucleus scallop]

FAO

Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm ShL
Argopecten purpuratus(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by FAO
 
Argopecten purpuratus
[Peruvian calico scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Argopecten ventricosus(Sowerby II, 1842)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Argopecten ventricosus
[Pacific calico scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm DL
 
Austrochlamys natans
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific

Azumapecten farreri(Jones & Preston, 1904)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Azumapecten farreri
[Farrer's scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm SHL
 
Azumapecten ruschenbergerii
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Brachtechlamys antillarum(Récluz, 1853)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Brachtechlamys antillarum
[]
No picture found
 
Bractechlamys antillarum
[Antillean scallop]
No picture found
 
Bractechlamys aurantiaca
[]
No picture found
 
Bractechlamys elegans
[]
No picture found
 
Bractechlamys langfordi
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Bractechlamys nodulifera(Sowerby, 1842)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bractechlamys nodulifera
[]
No picture found
 
Bractechlamys oweni
[]
No picture found
 
Bractechlamys schmeltzii
[]
No picture found
 
Bractechlamys teramachii
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific.
Max. Length 6 cm SHH
Bractechlamys vexillum(Reeve, 1853)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bractechlamys vexillum
[Distant scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 5.3 cm NG
Caribachlamys imbricata(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Caribachlamys imbricata
[Knobby scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm DL
 
Caribachlamys mildredae
[Alternate-ribbed scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 4 cm NG
Caribachlamys ornata(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Caribachlamys ornata
[Ornate scallop]
No picture found
 
Caribachlamys pellucens
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Caribachlamys sentis
[Scaly scallop]
No picture found
 
Chlamys acroporicola
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys albida
[White scallop]
No picture found
 
Chlamys ambigua
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys behringiana
[Bering scallop]
No picture found
 
Chlamys bruei
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys circularis
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys coruscans
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys cristularis
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys cruentata
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys distorta
[Humpback scallop]
No picture found
 
Chlamys flagellata
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys gloriosa
[]

Cowles, David

Northeast Pacific and Nor
Max. Length 8.3 cm SHH
Chlamys hastata(Sowerby II, 1842)

Photo by Cowles, David
 
Chlamys hastata
[Spiny scallop]
No picture found
 
Chlamys imbricata
[Little knobby scallop]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific a
Max. Length 11 cm SHL
Chlamys islandica(Müller, 1776)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Chlamys islandica
[Iceland scallop]
No picture found
 
Chlamys jordani
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys jousseaumi
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys kincaidi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 50 cm SHL
 
Chlamys lentiginosa
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys liocymatus
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys lioicus
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys lischkei
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific and North

Chlamys lowei(Hertlein, 1935)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chlamys lowei
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys madreporara
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys mildredae
[Mildred's scallop]
No picture found
 
Chlamys mollita
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Chlamys multisquamata(Dunker, 1864)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chlamys multisquamata
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys muscosus
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys nantiensis
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys navarcha
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys ornata
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys pelseneeri
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys porphyra
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys psara
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys pseudislandica
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys purpurata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Arctic, Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHD
Chlamys rubida(Hinds, 1845)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chlamys rubida
[Reddish scallop]
No picture found
 
Chlamys sentis
[Thorny scallop]
No picture found
 
Chlamys septemradiatus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHH
Chlamys squamata(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chlamys squamata
[Scaly Pacific scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic

Chlamys strategus(Dall, 1898)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chlamys strategus
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys subsulcata
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys teilhardi
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys tigerina
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys valdecostata
[]
No picture found
 
Chlamys wainwrightensis
[]
No picture found
 
Ciclopecten fluctuatus
[]
No picture found
 
Complicachlamys wardiana
[]
No picture found
 
Coralichlamys madreporarum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 25 cm SHH
 
Crassadoma gigantea
[Giant rock-scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm SHD
 
Crassedoma giganteum
[Rock scallop]
No picture found
 
Cryptopectan complanus
[]
No picture found
 
Cryptopectan inaequivalvis
[]
No picture found
 
Cryptopectan oweni
[]
No picture found
 
Cryptopectan tissotii
[]
No picture found
 
Cryptopectan vesiculosus
[]
No picture found
 
Cryptopecten bernardi
[]
No picture found
 
Cryptopecten bullatus
[]
No picture found
 
Cryptopecten madreporarum
[]
No picture found
 
Cryptopecten nux
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm DL
 
Cryptopecten phrygium
[Spathate scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific

Cryptopecten vesiculosus(Dunker, 1877)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cryptopecten vesiculosus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Decatopecten amiculum(Philippi, 1851)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Decatopecten amiculum
[Cloak scallop]
No picture found
 
Decatopecten nux
[]
No picture found
 
Decatopecten plica
[Plica scallop]
No picture found
 
Decatopecten plicus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 9.5 cm SHL
Decatopecten radula(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Decatopecten radula
[Flatribbed scallop]
No picture found
 
Decatopecten strangei
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific.

Decatopecten striatum(Schumacher, 1817)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Decatopecten striatum
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten alcocki
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten arces
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten binominatus
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten bistriatus
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten fosterianus
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten gelatinosus
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten incongruus
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten macrocheiricola
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten musorstomi
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten profundicola
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten randolphi
[Randolph scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.1 cm SHH
 
Delectopecten thermus
[]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten tillamookensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm SHL
 
Delectopecten vancouverensis
[Vancouver scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm SHH
 
Delectopecten vitreus
[Vitreous scallop]
No picture found
 
Delectopecten zacae
[]
No picture found
 
Dentamussium obliteratum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.0 cm DL
 
Euvola amusoides
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 3.3 cm DL
Euvola chazaliei(Dautzenberg, 1900)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Euvola chazaliei
[]
No picture found
 
Euvola diegensis
[San Diego scallop]
No picture found
 
Euvola laurentii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.7 cm DL
 
Euvola marensis
[Paper moon scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.9 cm DL
 
Euvola raveneli
[Round-rib scallop]
No picture found
 
Euvola turtoni
[]
No picture found
 
Euvola vogdesi
[Concave scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 11 cm SHL
Euvola ziczac(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Euvola ziczac
[Zigzag scallop]
No picture found
 
Excellichlamys concinna
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.

Excellichlamys histrionica(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Excellichlamys histrionica
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.

Excellichlamys spectabilis(Reeve, 1853)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Excellichlamys spectabilis
[Spectacular scallop]
No picture found
 
Excellichlamys xishaensis
[]
No picture found
 
Exichlamys histronica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.7 cm DL
 
Flexopecten felipponei
[Felippone's scallop]

Coudre, Christian

Mediterranean Sea

Flexopecten flexuosus(Poli, 1795)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Flexopecten flexuosus
[]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 8.7 cm SHL
Flexopecten glaber(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Flexopecten glaber
[Smooth scallop]

Coudre, Christian

Mediterranean Sea

Flexopecten hyalinus(Poli, 1795)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Flexopecten hyalinus
[Hyaline scallop]
No picture found
 
Glorichlamys elegantissima
[]
No picture found
 
Glorichlamys quadrilirata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm SHL
Gloripallium pallium(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Gloripallium pallium
[Royal cloak scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm SHH
 
Gloripallium speciosum
[]
No picture found
 
Gloripallium spiniferum
[]
No picture found
 
Haumea juddi
[Judd's scallop]
No picture found
 
Haumea loxoides
[]
No picture found
 
Haumea minuta
[]
No picture found
 
Haumea rehderi
[]
No picture found
 
Hemipecten forbesianus
[]
No picture found
 
Hinnites corallinus
[]
No picture found
 
Hinnites giganteus
[]
No picture found
 
Hinnites multirugosus
[]
No picture found
 
Hyalopecten arntzi
[]
No picture found
 
Hyalopecten biscayensis
[]
No picture found
 
Hyalopecten dilectus
[]
No picture found
 
Hyalopecten eucymatus
[]
No picture found
 
Hyalopecten frigidus
[]
No picture found
 
Hyalopecten hadalis
[]
No picture found
 
Hyalopecten parvulinus
[]
No picture found
 
Hyalopecten pudicus
[]
No picture found
 
Hyalopecten similes
[]
No picture found
 
Hyalopecten undatus
[]
No picture found
 
Juxtamusium coudeini
[]
No picture found
 
Juxtamusium maldivense
[]
No picture found
 
Laevichlamys aliae
[]
No picture found
 
Laevichlamys andamanica
[]
No picture found
 
Laevichlamys cuneata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Laevichlamys deliciosa(Iredale, 1939)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Laevichlamys deliciosa
[]
No picture found
 
Laevichlamys kauaiensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm TL
 
Laevichlamys lemniscata
[]
No picture found
 
Laevichlamys limatula
[]
No picture found
 
Laevichlamys mollita
[]
No picture found
 
Laevichlamys multisqualida
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Laevichlamys multisquamata
[Many-ribbed scallop]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Laevichlamys squamosa(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Laevichlamys squamosa
[Squamose scallop]
No picture found
 
Laevichlamys wilhelminae
[]
No picture found
 
Lamellipecten aduncus
[]
No picture found
 
Leopecten sericeus
[Silken scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
Leptopecten bavayi(Dautzenberg, 1900)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Leptopecten bavayi
[Bavay's scallop]
No picture found
 
Leptopecten camerella
[]
No picture found
 
Leptopecten latiauratus
[Kelp scallop]
No picture found
 
Leptopecten tumbezensis
[]
No picture found
 
Leptopecten velero
[]
No picture found
 
Lindapecten exasperatus
[Thistle scallop]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Lindapecten lindae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm DL
 
Lindapecten muscosus
[Rough scallop]
No picture found
 
Lyropecten kallinubilosus
[Clouded scallop]
No picture found
 
Lyropecten nodosus
[Lion's paw]
No picture found
 
Malanochlamys diomedia
[]
No picture found
 
Manupecten nolani
[]

FAO

Mediterranean Sea

Manupecten pesfelis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Manupecten pesfelis
[Cat's paw scallop]
No picture found
 
Mesopeplum convexum
[Wavy fan shell]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific.

Mimachlamys albolineata(Sowerby, 1842)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Mimachlamys albolineata
[]
No picture found
 
Mimachlamys asperrima
[]
No picture found
 
Mimachlamys cloacata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.5 cm SHH
 
Mimachlamys crassicostata
[Noble scallop]
No picture found
 
Mimachlamys erycina
[]
No picture found
 
Mimachlamys funebris
[]
No picture found
 
Mimachlamys gloriosa
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific

Mimachlamys lentiginosa(Reeve, 1853)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Mimachlamys lentiginosa
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm SHH
Mimachlamys sanguinea(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Mimachlamys sanguinea
[Senatorial scallop]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic, Mediter
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Mimachlamys varia(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Mimachlamys varia
[Variegated scallop]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm ShL
Minnivola pyxidata(Born, 1778)

Photo by FAO
 
Minnivola pyxidata
[Box scallop]
No picture found
 
Mirapecten boutetorum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm SHL
 
Mirapecten mirificus
[]
No picture found
 
Mirapecten molluccensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Mirapecten moluccensisDijkstra, 1988

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Mirapecten moluccensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Mirapecten rastellum(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Mirapecten rastellum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 25 cm SHL
 
Mizuhopecten yessoensis
[Large weathervane scallop]
No picture found
 
Nodipecten fragosus
[]
No picture found
 
Nodipecten fucatus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Nodipecten magnificus(Sowerby, 1835)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nodipecten magnificus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific and Atlan
Max. Length 15 cm DL
Nodipecten nodosus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nodipecten nodosus
[Lion's paw scallop]
No picture found
 
Nodipecten subnodosus
[Giant lions-paw]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Pacipecten leucophaeus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm DL
 
Pacipecten linki
[]
No picture found
 
Palliolum furtivum
[]
No picture found
 
Palliolum imbrifer
[]
No picture found
 
Palliolum incomparabile
[]
No picture found
 
Palliolum leptaleum
[]
No picture found
 
Palliolum minutulum
[]
No picture found
 
Palliolum reticulum
[]
No picture found
 
Palliolum ringnesia
[]
No picture found
 
Palliolum striatum
[Striate scallop]
No picture found
 
Palliolum subimbrifer
[]
No picture found
 
Palliolum tigerinum
[]
No picture found
 
Palliolum undatum
[]
No picture found
 
Pascahinnites coruscans
[]
No picture found
 
Pascahinnites pasca
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 28 cm SHL
 
Patinopecten caurinus
[Giant Pacific sea scallop]

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
[]


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