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The giant scallop is equilateral (i.e., symmetrical anterior-to-posterior) and very nearly equivalved (i.e., its left and right valves are close to the same size and shape), though this is not true of all or even most members of the class pectinidae.
Lissochlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Species within this genus have a West African and Northern Mediterranean distribution. [1] [2] [3] The fossil record of this species dates back to the Pliocene (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago). [4]
Placopecten magellanicus, previously listed as Pecten tenuicostatus and as Pecten grandis [2] and once referred to as the "giant scallop", common names Atlantic deep-sea scallop, deep sea scallop, North Atlantic sea scallop, American sea scallop, Atlantic sea scallop, or sea scallop, [3] is a commercially important pectinid bivalve mollusk native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
The Antarctic scallop's shell grows to about 7 centimetres (2.8 in) long and 7 centimetres wide and has a nearly circular outline. The two purplish-red valves are paper thin [4] and only slightly convex and are attached by a long, slightly sinuous, hinge.
Scallop (/ ˈ s k ɒ l ə p, ˈ s k æ l ə p /) [a] is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops.However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters.
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Crassadoma is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. It is monotypic, the only species being Crassadoma gigantea, the rock scallop, giant rock scallop or purple-hinge rock scallop. Although the small juveniles are free-swimming, they soon become sessile, and are cemented to the substrate.
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