Scallop
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Scallop is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, this common name is also sometimes applied to species in
A live opened scallop showing the internal anatomy: The pale orange circular part is the adductor muscle; the darker orange curved part is the "coral", a culinary term for the ovary or roe.
Fossil scallop Chlamys with encrusters; Nicosia Formation (Pliocene) of Cyprus
Bractechlamys vexillum
Amusium
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Amusium is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pectinidae. Previously, the genus contained several extant genera, but as of 2025 most species, such as A. balloti, A. f
