Pecten maximus
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Pecten maximus, common names the great scallop, king scallop, St James shell or escallop, is a northeast Atlantic species of scallop, an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family P
Pecten maximus Pilgermuschel
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Pecten jacobaeus
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Pecten jacobaeus, the Mediterranean scallop, is a species of scallop, an edible saltwater scallop, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Pecten maximus
…edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae. This is the type species of the genus. This species may be conspecific with Pecten jacobaeus, the pilgrim's scallop, which has a much more restricted distribution. The shell of Pecten maximus is quite robust and is characterised by having "ears…
Pecten jacobaeus
Fossil valve of Pecten jacobaeus from Pliocene of Italy
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