Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.[1]
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| Shell of Argopecten irradians from Bermuda Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Argopecten include:
- Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1767) — Atlantic calico scallop
- Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) — Atlantic bay scallop (five subspecies)
- Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
- Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778) — nucleus scallop
- Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Peruvian calico scallop or Chilean-Peruvian scallop
- Argopecten ventricosus (Sowerby II, 1842)[2]
Extinct species
edit- Argopecten ameleus Woodring 1925
- Argopecten antonitaensis Durham 1950
- Argopecten callidus Hertlein 1925
- Argopecten crassiradiatus Clark 1915
- Argopecten cristobalensis Hertlein 1925
- Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898
- Argopecten deserti Conrad 1855
- Argopecten diminutivus Hertlein 1927
- Argopecten eboreus yorkensis Conrad 1867
- Argopecten eccentricus Gabb 1873
- Argopecten ericellus Hertlein 1929
- Argopecten evermanni Jordan and Hertlein 1926
- Argopecten gilbertharrisi Hodson and Hodson 1927
- Argopecten gratus del Rio 1992
- Argopecten hakei Hertlein 1925
- Argopecten inaequalis Sowerby 1850
- Argopecten insuetus del Rio 1992
- Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924
- Argopecten levicostatus Toula 1909
- Argopecten mendenhalli Arnold 1906
- Argopecten nerterus Woodring 1982
- Argopecten parathetidis Waller 2011
- Argopecten percarus Hertlein 1925
- Argopecten revellei Durham 1950
- Argopecten subdolus Hertlein 1925
- Argopecten sverdrupi Durham 1950
- Argopecten thetidis Sowerby 1850
- Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
- Argopecten venezuelanus Hodson and Hodson 1927
- Argopecten woodringi Spieker 1922[6]
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Argopecten ventricosus (G.B.Sowerby II, 1842)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Malacolog - A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
- ^ WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
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