Pecten (bivalve)

genus of molluscs

Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae. This is the type genus of the family. Pecten have lived since the Triassic Era and swim by flopping their shells.

Pecten
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent
Two beachworn upper valves of Pecten maximus from Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Pecten
O. F. Müller, 1776

The name "Pecten" is the Latin word for a comb or rake.[1]

Shell petroleum company has used its logo with a shell since 1904.[2]

Species change

Species in the genus Pecten include:

References change

  1. "Latin origin". Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  2. "Shell Logo History". Archived from the original on 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  3. "Type of Pecten". Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  4. Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E (2005): Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 0-86486-672-0

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