| Delectopecten Temporal range: | |
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| Delectopecten fosterianus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Delectopecten R. B. Stewart, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Pecten vancouverensis Whiteaves, 1893 | |
| Synonyms | |
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