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
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- 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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)
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
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)
- 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:
Patinopecten
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)
- Specific name:
tokyoensis
- Scientific name: - Patinopecten tokyoensis
- Specific name:
tokyoensis
- Genus:
Patinopecten
(
- 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 Patinopecten
There are approximately 10 species in this genus:
P. bakeri · P. bakeri diazi · P. boesei · P. caurinus (Weathervane Scallop) · P. healeyi · P. lohri · P. propatulus · P. santarosaliensis · P. tokyoensis · P. yessoensis
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 20, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 20, 2007:
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16611192
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2583078
