Common name of Argopecten ventricosus
 
Common Name Pacific calico scallop
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier color pattern(s)
2nd Modifier locality/area
Remarks 'scallop', i.e., from middle English from Old French 'escalope' (Ref. 77078); 'calico', i.e., probably from 'calico', an alteration of 'Calicut' (a place in India), where 'calico', i.e., bright cotton cloth with printed pattern, came from (Ref. 77078).
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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