Sealife guideThe spiny pink scallopChlamys hastata
Last updated on 08/21/2024 at 10:42 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Spiny pink scallop, swimming scallop, spiny scallop, spear scallop
- French name: Pétoncle épineux
- Scientific name: Chlamys hastata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
- Family name: Pectinidae
- Order name: Pectinida
- Class name: The bivalves and clams [Bivalvia]
Within the same family
Giant rock scallop
(Crassadoma gigantea)
Great atlantic scallop
(Pecten maximus)
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