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Great Scallop

Pecten maximus

Classification

Pecten maximus, common names the great scallop, king scallop, St James shell or escallop, is a northeast Atlantic species of scallop, an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae. This is the type species of the genus. This species may be conspecific with Pecten jacobaeus, the pilgrim's scallop, which has a much more restricted distribution.

Distribution

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France · 1,575United Kingdom · 1,153Spain · 385Netherlands · 63Italy · 9Germany · 5