Species under Argopecten
n= 8
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Argopecten gibbus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Calico scallop Western Atlantic 6.3
Argopecten imitatoides
Campos & Macsotay, 2001
Western Atlantic 6.76
Argopecten irradians
(Lamarck, 1819)
Atlantic Bay scallop Western Atlantic 7.5
Argopecten lineolaris
(Lamarck, 1819)
Lined scallop North America
Argopecten noronhensis
(Smith, 1885)
Western Atlantic 2.7
Argopecten nucleus
(Born, 1778)
Nucleus scallop Western Central Atlantic 4.5
Argopecten purpuratus
(Lamarck, 1819)
Peruvian calico scallop Southeast Pacific 12
Argopecten ventricosus
(Sowerby II, 1842)
Pacific calico scallop Eastern Pacific 10
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