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  9. ›Pectininae
  10. ›Aequipectinini
  11. ›Argopecten
Purple Scallop
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Purple Scallop

Argopecten purpuratus

Argopecten purpuratus, common names the "Peruvian scallop", is an edible species of saltwater clam, a scallop, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

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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 519962.