Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Pteriomorphia
Ordo: Pectinida
Superfamilia: Pectinoidea
Familia: Pectinidae
Subfamilia: Pedinae
Genus: Argopecten
Species: A. aequisulcatus – A. gibbus – A. irradians – A. lineolaris – A. noronhensis – A. nucleus – A. purpuratus – A. sugillatus – A. ventricosus
Name
Argopecten Monterosato, 1889
References
Argopecten – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Argopecten in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on April 19, 2018
Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Argopecten include:
Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1767) — Atlantic calico scallop
Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) — Atlantic bay scallop (five subspecies)
Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778) — nucleus scallop
Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Peruvian calico scallop or Chilean-Peruvian scallop
Argopecten ventricosus (Sowerby II, 1842)[2]
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Extinct species
Argopecten ameleus Woodring 1925
Argopecten antonitaensis Durham 1950
Argopecten callidus Hertlein 1925
Argopecten crassiradiatus Clark 1915
Argopecten cristobalensis Hertlein 1925
Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898
Argopecten deserti Conrad 1855
Argopecten diminutivus Hertlein 1927
Argopecten eboreus yorkensis Conrad 1867
Argopecten eccentricus Gabb 1873
Argopecten ericellus Hertlein 1929
Argopecten evermanni Jordan and Hertlein 1926
Argopecten gilbertharrisi Hodson and Hodson 1927
Argopecten gratus del Rio 1992
Argopecten hakei Hertlein 1925
Argopecten inaequalis Sowerby 1850
Argopecten insuetus del Rio 1992
Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924
Argopecten levicostatus Toula 1909
Argopecten mendenhalli Arnold 1906
Argopecten nerterus Woodring 1982
Argopecten parathetidis Waller 2011
Argopecten percarus Hertlein 1925
Argopecten revellei Durham 1950
Argopecten subdolus Hertlein 1925
Argopecten sverdrupi Durham 1950
Argopecten thetidis Sowerby 1850
Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
Argopecten venezualanus Hodson and Hodson 1927
Argopecten woodringi Spieker 1922
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References
Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 29-30.
"Argopecten ventricosus (G.B.Sowerby II, 1842)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
Malacolog - A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species
Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of life
The Paleobiology Database
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
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