Cyclopecten davidsoni (Salmon Glass-Scallop)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Salmon Glass-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: Cyclopecten () - Verrill, 1897
        Specific name: davidsoni - (Dall, 1897)
        Scientific name: - Cyclopecten davidsoni (Dall, 1897)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Dalla Torre, C.G. de Catalogus Hymenopterorum. Volumen VIII. Fossores (Sphegidae). Guilelmi Engelmann. Lipsiae. 749 pp., 1897.

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001