Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Pectinidae
Height not much, if at all, greater than the length .
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -70 meters (0 to -230 feet).[1]
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
- Subfamily:
Chlamydinae
()
- Genus:
Decatopecten
()
- Specific name:
plicus
- (LINNAEUS, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Decatopecten plicus (LINNAEUS, 1758)
- Specific name:
plicus
- (LINNAEUS, 1758)
- Genus:
Decatopecten
(
- Subfamily:
Chlamydinae
(
- 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 Decatopecten
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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 21, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 13, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16176915
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2350040
Footnotes
- Mean = 11.600 meters (38.058 feet), Standard Deviation = 182.460 based on 5 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
