Pecten aktinos

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
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Bivalvia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
        Subclass: Metabranchia ()
        Superorder: Filibranchia ()
        Order: Pteriomorpha ()
        Superfamily: Pectinoidea ()
        Family: Pectinidae () - Rafinesque, 1815 - Scallops
        Subfamily: Pectininae () - Rafinesque, 1815
        Genus: Pecten () - Müller, 1776
        Specific name: aktinos - Ret.
        Scientific name: - Pecten aktinos Ret.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Pecten

There are approximately 336 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. actoni von · P. acutiplicatus · P. aduncus · P. aequatorialis · P. aequisulcatus · P. aequivalvis · P. afrobenedictus · P. aknerianus · P. aktinos · P. alba · P. albicans · P. albicans naganumanus · P. anatipes · P. andersoni · P. antillarum · P. aratus · P. archiacianus · P. arcuatus · P. asper · P. aspera · P. asperrimus · P. auriculatum · P. australis · P. awajiensis · P. bellus · P. benedictus · P. besseri · P. beudanti · P. biddleana · P. bielzianus · P. bifidus · P. bifrons · P. bipartitus · P. branneri · P. bruei · P. burdigalensis · P. byoritzuensis · P. byramensis · P. calvatus · P. carboniferum · P. carinatus · P. carrizoensis · P. caurinus (Giant Pacific Scallop) · P. ceibanus · P. centralis · P. cererideditus · P. cerroensis · P. cerrosensis · P. chazaliei (Dwarf Zigzag Scallop) · P. chickaria · P. cinctus · P. circularis · P. clallamensis · P. clintonius · P. clygnetti · P. coalingensis · P. coderensis · P. commutatus · P. complanatus · P. concavus · P. concinnus · P. convexior · P. cookei · P. coosensis · P. corallinoides · P. cornnalli · P. coruscans · P. cottaldinus · P. crassicardo · P. crassicardo biformatus · P. crassicostatus · P. cristatocostatus · P. cristatus · P. cumingii · P. curvatus · P. cushmani · P. darwinianus · P. daudeleus · P. deformis · P. dentatus · P. deserti · P. diegensis · P. diegoensis · P. disciformis · P. discus · P. dislocatus · P. dorotheae · P. dringi · P. dunkeri · P. duplicatus · P. dutemplei · P. eboreus · P. egregius · P. erythraeensis · P. estrellanus · P. eucymatus · P. exasperatus · P. excavatus · P. exoticus · P. farreri

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Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 18, 2007:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16216003
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2584282