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Queen scallop
View of two valves of two Aequipecten opercularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Aequipecten
Species:
A. opercularis
Binomial name
Aequipecten opercularis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pecten opercularis Linnaeus, 1758

The queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) is a medium-sized species of scallop, an edible marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. It is found in the northeast Atlantic and is important in fisheries.

  1. ^ Rosenberg, Gary (2011). "Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-20.

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