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Nodipecten
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Nodipecten

Nodipecten is a genus of large scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These scallops often have attractive, strongly colored, thick shells. The generic name Nodipecten means "nodular scallop", because in this genus the shell is usually sculpted with regular, very large nodes.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Giant Lion's Paw

speciesNodipecten subnodosus

Lion's paw

speciesNodipecten nodosus

Northern Lion's Paw

speciesNodipecten fragosus

Nodipecten magnificus

speciesNodipecten magnificus

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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 90329.