| Cryptopecten phrygium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreoida |
| Suborder: | Pectinina |
| Superfamily: | Pectinoidea |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Cryptopecten |
| Species: | C. phrygium |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptopecten phrygium (Dall, 1886) |
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Cryptopecten phrygium, or the spathate scallop, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Cape Cod to the West Indies.[1]