Kingdom Animalia Family Pectinidae Tribe Pectinini Higher classification Scallop Rank Genus Subclass Pteriomorphia | Superfamily Pectinoidea Subfamily Pectininae Scientific name Pecten Phylum Mollusca Order Pectinoida | |
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Lower classifications Great scallop, Pecten jacobaeus | ||
Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family.
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This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous period to the Quaternary period (age range: from 70.6 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.
Etymology
The name Pecten is from the Latin word for a comb or rake. Since 1904, a Pecten shell has been used as the basis of the logo of Shell petroleum company.
Species
Species in the genus Pecten include:
References
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