Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Greenland 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
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
()
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
()
- Family:
Pectinidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Scallops
- Genus:
Cyclopecten
()
- Verrill, 1897
- Specific name:
greenlandicus
- (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
- Scientific name: - Cyclopecten greenlandicus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
- Specific name:
greenlandicus
- (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
- Genus:
Cyclopecten
(
- Family:
Pectinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Cyclopecten
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. alaskensis (Alaska Glass-Scallop) · C. barbarensis (Santa Barbara Glass-Scallop) · C. catalinensis (Catalina Glass-Scallop) · C. davidsoni (Salmon Glass-Scallop) · C. greenlandicus (Greenland Glass-Scallop) · C. imbrifer (Shingle Glass-Scallop) · C. leptaleum (Delicate Glass-Scallop) · C. nanus (Adwarf Scallop) · C. reticulum (Netted Glass-Scallop) · C. ringnesius (Ringnes Glass-Scallop) · C. thalassinus (Cancellate Dwarf Scallop)
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Further Reading
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- Publications in zoology = Publications en zoologie. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1970-1982. url p. 11.
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 13, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (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., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2694439
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-567453
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 567453
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 461205
