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| Leptopecten latiauratus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Leptopecten |
| Species: | L. latiauratus
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| Leptopecten latiauratus (Conrad, 1837)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pecten monotimeris Conrad, 1837 | |
Leptopecten latiauratus, common name the kelp scallop, is a small saltwater clam, a bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. It lives in water up to 850 feet deep. Like other scallops it has many small primitive eyes around the rim of its mantle and escapes predators by jet propulsion.
Other common names include the wide-eared scallop, broad-eared pecten, kelp-weed scallop. The species was formerly known as Pecten monotimeris.[1]
- ^ Beachcomber's Guide to Seashore Life of California, p132, J. Duane Sept, Harbour Publishing, 2002