Placopecten

<i>Placopecten</i>

Placopecten

Genus of bivalves

Placopecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.[1]

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Species

Species within the genus Placopecten include:

References

  1. [1]
    Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 28.


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