The great scallop, also called the king scallop, St James shell, or escallop, is a species of scallop native to the northeast Atlantic, an edible saltwater clam in the family Pectinidae and the type species of its genus. It may be conspecific with Pecten jacobaeus, the pilgrims scallop, which has a much more restricted distribution.
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1. Wikipedia: 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 Pectinidae.
2. Wikipedia: Pecten maximus
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Great Scallop
- In Biome: Marine, Introduction
- Child Taxon Of: Bivalvia, Wikidata P171
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