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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Pectinidae
Height not much, if at all, greater than the length .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
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)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
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)
- Phylum:
Mollusca
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
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)
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
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)
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
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)
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
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)
- Family:
Pectinidae
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)
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Scallops
- Genus:
Aequipecten
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)
- Fischer, 1886
- Specific name:
nicklesi
- Dijkstra, 1998
- Scientific name: - Aequipecten nicklesi Dijkstra, 1998
- Specific name:
nicklesi
- Dijkstra, 1998
- Genus:
Aequipecten
(
- Family:
Pectinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aequipecten
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. acanthodes (Thistle Scallop) · A. glyptus (Red-Ribbed Scallop) · A. lineolaris (Lined Scallop) · A. muscosus (Rough Scallop)
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4483280
