Scallops and Allies
Pectinida
Pectinoida is a taxonomic suborder of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks, commonly known as scallops and their allies. It is believed that they began evolutionarily in the late Middle Ordovician era; many species, of course, are still extant.
9 branches of this order, most-observed first
Pectinoidea
superfamilyPectinoidea
Jingle and Windowpane Shells
superfamilyAnomioidea
Plicatuloidea
superfamilyPlicatuloidea
Buchioidea
superfamilyBuchioidea
Entolioidea
superfamilyEntolioidea
Aviculopectinoidea
superfamilyAviculopectinoidea
Dimyoidea
superfamilyDimyoidea
Heteropectinoidea
superfamilyHeteropectinoidea
Chaenocardioidea
superfamilyChaenocardioidea
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
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Pectinida in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 551313.