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Pecten
Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Great Scallop
speciesPecten maximus
Commercial Scallop
speciesPecten fumatus
New Zealand Scallop
speciesPecten novaezelandiae
Pilgrim's Scallop
speciesPecten jacobaeus
South African scallop
speciesPecten sulcicostatus
Japanese baking scallop
speciesPecten albicans
Pecten excavatus
speciesPecten excavatus
Pecten dorotheae
speciesPecten dorotheae
Pecten waikikius
speciesPecten waikikius
Pecten afribenedictus
speciesPecten afribenedictus
Pecten keppelianus
speciesPecten keppelianus
Pecten raoulensis
speciesPecten raoulensis
Pecten diomedeus
speciesPecten diomedeus
Pecten dijkstrai
speciesPecten dijkstrai
Pecten erythraeensis
speciesPecten erythraeensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.656
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.658
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.697
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.710
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.600
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.601
Musaeum metallicum
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1648 · p.840
Musaeum metallicum
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1648 · p.842
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 171858.