Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Pacific Calico Scallop
Description
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Family Pectinidae
Height not much, if at all, greater than the length .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
()
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
()
- Family:
Pectinidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Scallops
- Genus:
Argopecten
()
- Monterosato, 1889
- Specific name:
circularis
- (Sowerby, 1835)
- Scientific name: - Argopecten circularis (Sowerby, 1835)
- Specific name:
circularis
- (Sowerby, 1835)
- Genus:
Argopecten
(
- Family:
Pectinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Argopecten
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. circularis (Pacific Calico Scallop) · A. gibbus (Atlantic Calico Scallop) · A. irradians (Bay Scallop) · A. irradians irradians (Bay Scallop) · A. lineolaris (Lined Scallop) · A. nucleus (Nucleus Scallop) · A. ventricosus (Pacific Calico Scallop)
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Further Reading
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- Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url p. 19, p. 26, p. 3.
- Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url , p. 101, p. 89.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 44.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 16 1971 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 333, p. 333.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 05, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692340
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-79744
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13752049
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 799156
