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Argopecten

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Argopecten
Shell of Argopecten irradians from Bermuda Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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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

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Species within the genus Argopecten include:

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Extinct species

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References

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  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 29-30.
  2. ^ "Argopecten ventricosus (G.B.Sowerby II, 1842)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ Malacolog - A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
  4. ^ WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species
  5. ^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of life
  6. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.