Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinida > Superfamily Pectinoidea > Family Pectinidae > Subfamily Palliolinae > Tribe Palliolini

Placopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Chlamys (Placopecten) A. E. Verrill, 1897 synonym

Children

Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791)

Literature

additional source

Waller, T. R. (2006). New phylogenies of the Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): reconciling morphological and molecular approaches. In: Shumway, S. E.; Parsons, G. J. (eds) Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture, second edition. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 1-44.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placopecten A. E. Verrill, 1897. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156971

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2023-08-29 by Thomas A. Neubauer

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