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Argopecten
Sign in to saveArgopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
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Atlantic Bay Scallop
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderPectinida
- FamilyPectinidae
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Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
==Species== Species within the genus Argopecten include: Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1767) — Atlantic calico scallop Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) — Atlantic bay scallop (five subspecies) Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819) Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778) — nucleus scallop Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Peruvian calico scallop or Chilean-Peruvian scallop Argopecten ventricosus (Sowerby II, 1842)