| Pecten flabelliformis | |
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| A fossil valve of Pecten flabelliformis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Pecten |
| Species: | †P. flabelliformis |
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| †Pecten flabelliformis | |
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Pecten flabelliformis is an extinct species of large scallop or saltwater clam, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Pecten flabelliformis can reach a diameter of about 80–170 millimetres (3.1–6.7 in).
Fossils of this species can be found in the Pleistocene – Pliocene marine strata of Greece, Romania, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary and Ukraine.
Scallop 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.
A siphon is an anatomical structure which is part of the body of aquatic molluscs in three classes: Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda.
Pecten novaezelandiae, common name the New Zealand scallop, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Its name is sometimes found misspelt as Pecten novaezealandiae.
Pecten jacobaeus, the Mediterranean scallop, is a species of scallop, an edible saltwater scallop, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
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.
Pecten maximus, common names the great scallop, king scallop, St James shell or escallop, is a northeast Atlantic species of scallop, an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae. This is the type species of the genus. This species may be conspecific with Pecten jacobaeus, the pilgrim's scallop, which has a much more restricted distribution.
Gyroscala lamellosa, common name : the lamellose wentletrap, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
Anomia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Anomiidae. They are commonly known as jingle shells because when a handful of them are shaken they make a jingling sound, though some are also known as saddle oysters.
Raphitoma echinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Ocinebrina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Schilderia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Malea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.
Placopecten magellanicus, previously listed as Pecten tenuicostatus and as Pecten grandis 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, is a commercially important pectinid bivalve mollusk native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Discotectonica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.
Hinnites is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Bela vulpecula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Archimediella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.
Gemmula rotata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Turriscala is an extinct genus of small to medium-sized pelagic or planktonic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae.
Hirtotyphis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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