Argopecten

Argopecten
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Ostreoida
Suborder:	Pectinina
Superfamily:	Pectinoidea
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Argopecten Monterosato, 1889
Species
See text.

Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Argopecten include:

Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1767) — Atlantic calico scallop
Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) — Atlantic bay scallop (five subspecies)
Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778) — nucleus scallop
Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Peruvian calico scallop or Chilean-Peruvian scallop

References

^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 29-30.

Malacolog info at: [1]