Queen scallop
Species of bivalve / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) is a medium-sized species of scallop, an edible marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. It is found in the northeast Atlantic and is important in fisheries.
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Queen scallop | |
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View of two valves of two Aequipecten opercularis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Aequipecten |
Species: | A. opercularis |
Binomial name | |
Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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