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Atlantic Bay Scallop

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Argopecten irradians, commonly called the Atlantic bay scallop, bay scallop or blue-eyed scallop, is a species of scallop in the family Pectinidae. An edible saltwater bivalve, it is native to the northwest Atlantic coast from Cape Cod to the Gulf of Mexico.

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