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giant rock-scallop

Crassadoma gigantea

Classification

Crassadoma is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. It is monotypic, the only species being Crassadoma gigantea, the rock scallop, giant rock scallop or purple-hinge rock scallop. Although the small juveniles are free-swimming, they soon become sessile, and are cemented to the substrate.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 97,840Canada · 1,275Mexico · 6