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| Shell of Argopecten irradians from Bermuda Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 |
| Species | |
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Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae. [1]
Species within the genus Argopecten include:
Ostrea is a genus of edible oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Ostreidae, the oysters.
Argopecten gibbus, the Atlantic calico scallop, is a species of medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Crassispira is a genus of small predatory sea snails with narrow, high-spired shells, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae. They first appeared in the fossil record approximately 48.6 million years ago during the Eocene epoch, and still exist in the present day.
Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
Petricolinae is a subfamily of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs related to the large family Veneridae or Venus clams. Some authors include these genera within the Veneridae as the subfamily Petricolinae.
Spisula is a genus of medium-sized to large marine bivalve mollusks or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae, commonly known as surf clams or trough shells.
Isognomon is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks which is related to the pearl oysters.
Modiolus, the horsemussels, are a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family.
Fusiturricula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Hyotissa is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.
Pitar is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus contains over 60 species.
Plicatula is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, known commonly as kitten's paws or kittenpaws in the family Plicatulidae.
Cyclocardia is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.
Sanguinolaria is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the family Psammobiidae.
Solen is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Solenidae.
Periglypta is a genus of bivalves in the family Periplomatidae.
Saccella is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Nuculanidae.
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