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Pectinidae
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, this common name is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters.
Pecten maximus
species of mollusc, also called St James shell
Pecten
genus of bivalves
Pecten jacobaeus
species of mollusc
Aequipecten opercularis
species of bivalve
Mizuhopecten yessoensis
species of mollusc
Aequipecten
Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
Atlantic deep-sea scallop
Atlantic deep-sea scallop is a commercially important pectinid bivalve mollusk native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Chlamys varia
species of mollusc
Pecten albicans
species of mollusc
Adamussium colbecki
species of mollusc
Mimachlamys sanguinea
species of mollusc
Nodipecten
Nodipecten is a genus of large scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These scallops often have attractive, strongly colored, thick shells. The generic name Nodipecten means "nodular scallop", because in this genus the shell is usually sculpted with regular, very large nodes.
Euvola
Euvola is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. In shells of this genus, one valve is flat, and the other is deeply cupped.
Euvola ziczac
species of mollusc
Palliolum
Palliolum is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Mesopeplum convexum
species of scallop
Flexopecten glaber
genus of molluscs
Hyalopecten
Hyalopecten is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs.
Caribachlamys
Caribachlamys is a genus of molluscs in the family Pectinidae.
Nodipecten nodosus
species of mollusc
Pedum spondyloideum
species of mollusc
Talochlamys
Talochlamys is a genus of bivalves belonging to th subfamily Pedinae of thee family Pectinidae.
Mimachlamys
Mimachlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic family Pectinidae. There are at least 11 living species, including the glory scallop Mimachlamys gloriosa, and the Mimachlamys asperrima.
Flexopecten
Flexopecten is a genus of saltwater scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Delectopecten
Delectopecten is a genus of bivalve molluscs within the family Pectinidae. There are currently 18 members of this genus, with around half found as fossils dating back to 66 MYA.
Caribachlamys ornata
species of mollusc
Patinopecten caurinus
species of mollusc
Nodipecten subnodosus
species of mollusc
Pecten novaezelandiae
species of mollusc
Swiftopecten swiftii
species of mollusc
Amusium pleuronectes
species of mollusc
Caribachlamys sentis
species of mollusc
Nodipecten magnificus
species of mollusc
Cryptopecten
Cryptopecten is a genus of molluscs in the family Pectinidae.
Euvola raveneli
species of mollusc (fossil)
Ylistrum japonicum
species of mollusc
Leptopecten latiauratus
species of mollusc
Aequipecten tehuelchus
species of mollusc
Euvola vogdesi
species of mollusc
Annachlamys striatula
species of mollusc
Spathochlamys
Spathochlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic subfamily Pedinae of the family Pectinidae.
Gloripallium
Gloripallium is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.
Amusium
Amusium is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pectinidae. Previously, the genus contained several extant genera, but as of 2025 most species, such as A. balloti, A. fenestratum, and A. japonicum, were moved to the genera Dentamusium, Euvola, Parvamussium, Pecten, Propeamussium, and Ylistrum; subgenera were elevated to create some genera.
Flexopecten flexuosus
species of bivalve
Leptopecten
Leptopecten is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.
Talochlamys zelandiae
species of mollusc
Bractechlamys
thumb | right | Bractechlamys vexillum Bractechlamys is a genus of molluscs in the family Pectinidae.
Haumea
genus of molluscs
Mizuhopecten
Mizuhopecten is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.
Antillipecten
Antillipecten is a monotypic genus of bivalves in the family Pectinidae. The only species is Antillipecten antillarum, also known as the Antillean scallop. It can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies and Bermuda.
Cryptopecten phrygium
species of mollusc
Placopecten
Placopecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Mimachlamys gloriosa
species of mollusc
Annachlamys
Annachlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae.
Gloripallium pallium
species of mollusc
Talochlamys multistriata
species of mollusc
Caribachlamys imbricata
species of mollusc (fossil)
Annachlamys flabellata
species of mollusc
Pecten excavatus
species of mollusc