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Placopecten magellanicus
| Placopecten magellanicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Placopecten |
| Species: | P. magellanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Placopecten magellanicus | |
Scallop dredge catch
Placopecten magellanicus, previously listed as Pecten tenuicostatus and as Pecten grandis[2] and once referred to as the "giant scallop", common names Atlantic deep-sea scallop, deep sea scallop, North Atlantic sea scallop, American sea scallop, Atlantic sea scallop, or sea scallop,[3] is a commercially important pectinid bivalve mollusk native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean.[4]
- ^ "Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Percy A. Morris (November 2001). A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 28. ISBN 0-618-16439-1.
- ^ "Common Names List - Placopecten magellanicus". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ Barucca M, Olmo E, Schiaparelli S, Canapa A (2004) Molecular phylogeny of the family Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)
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