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species

King Scallop
Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Bivalvia - bivalves » order Pectinida » family Pectinidae » genus Pecten

Scientific synonyms

Ostrea maxima Linnaeus, 1758
Pecten maximum (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) ^m
Chlamys maxima
Plicatula similis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842
Pecten vulgaris da Costa, 1778

Other names

= Common Scallop
= Escallop
= Great Atlantic Scallop

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Links and literature

Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Pecten maximus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Pecten maximus (LINNÉ, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013

Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy [as Pecten maximum (Linné, 1758)]

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