Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Adamussium colbecki	Antarctic scallop	Antarctic	9 SHL	1902
Aequipecten acanthodes	Prickly scallop	Western Atlantic		1925
Aequipecten commutatus		Mediterranean Sea		1875
Aequipecten glyptus	Red-ribbed scallop	Northeast Atlantic	7.5 DL	1882
Aequipecten heliacus		Northeast Atlantic		1925
Aequipecten lineolaris		Northeast Atlantic		1819
Aequipecten muscosus	Mossy scallop	Western Central Atlantic.		1828
Aequipecten opercularis	Queen scallop	Eastern Atlantic and the	11 SHL	1758
Aequipecten tehuelchus		Southwest Atlantic	6.4 SHL	1846
Amusium japonicum	Saucer scallop	Indo-West Pacific.	14 ShL	1791
Amusium laurenti	Laurent's scallop	Western Central Atlantic		1791
Amusium papyraceum	Paper scallop	Western Central Atlantic		1873
Amusium pleuronectes	Asian moon scallop	Indo-West Pacific	10 ShL	1758
Anguipecten gregoryi		Eastern Central Pacific		1938
Anguipecten lamberti	Bivalves	Western and Central Pacif		1874
Anguipecten pacificus		Pacific Ocean		2002
Anguipecten picturatus		Indo-Pacific.		1995
Anguipecten superbus		Indo-Pacific.	6.5 SHH	1842
Annachlamys flabellata	Leopard scallop	Indo-West Pacific.	10 ShL	1819
Annachlamys histrionica		Indo-Pacific		1791
Annachlamys iredalei		Southern Pacific		1958
Annachlamys macassarensis	Macassar scallop	Western Pacific.	5 SHH	1845
Annachlamys reevei		Western Central Pacific	4 SHL	1850
Annachlamys striatula		Western Central Pacific		1758
Argopecten aequisulcatus		Western Central Pacific		1864
Argopecten gibbus	Calico scallop	Western Atlantic.	6.3 SHL	1758
Argopecten imitatoides		Western Atlantic.	6.8 DL	2001
Argopecten irradians	Atlantic Bay scallop	Western Atlantic	7.5 SHL	1819
Argopecten lineolaris	Lined scallop	North America.		1819
Argopecten noronhensis		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL	1885
Argopecten nucleus	Nucleus scallop	Western Central Atlantic	4.5 DL	1778
Argopecten purpuratus	Peruvian calico scallop	Southeast Pacific	12 ShL	1819
Argopecten ventricosus	Pacific calico scallop	Eastern Pacific	10 SHL	1842
Austrochlamys natans		Western Atlantic and East	5.5 DL	1845
Azumapecten farreri	Farrer's scallop	Northwest Pacific		1904
Azumapecten ruschenbergerii		Western Indian Ocean	9 SHL	1869
Brachtechlamys antillarum		Western Central Atlantic		1853
Bractechlamys antillarum	Antillean scallop	North America.		1853
Bractechlamys aurantiaca		Western Pacific.		1850
Bractechlamys elegans		Western Pacific.		1983
Bractechlamys langfordi		Eastern Central Pacific		1938
Bractechlamys nodulifera		Western Central Pacific		1842
Bractechlamys oweni		Western Central Pacific		1884
Bractechlamys schmeltzii		Western Pacific.		1892
Bractechlamys teramachii		Northwest Pacific		1956
Bractechlamys vexillum	Distant scallop	Western Central Pacific.	6 SHH	1853
Caribachlamys imbricata	Knobby scallop	Western Central Atlantic	5.3 NG	1791
Caribachlamys mildredae	Alternate-ribbed scallop	North America.	5.2 DL	1941
Caribachlamys ornata	Ornate scallop	Western Atlantic.	4 NG	1819
Caribachlamys pellucens		Western Central Atlantic		1758
Caribachlamys sentis	Scaly scallop	North America.	4 DL	1853
Chlamys acroporicola		Western Pacific.		1939
Chlamys albida	White scallop	East Pacific and Northeas		1906
Chlamys ambigua		Northwest Pacific		1904
Chlamys behringiana	Bering scallop	Pacific Ocean, Northeast		1849
Chlamys bruei		Northeast Atlantic and th		1826
Chlamys circularis		Northeast Atlantic		1835
Chlamys coruscans		Atlantic, Indian, and Pac		1845
Chlamys cristularis		Western Pacific		1850
Chlamys cruentata		Indo-Pacific		1853
Chlamys distorta	Humpback scallop	Northeast Atlantic.
Chlamys flagellata		Mediterranean Sea		1819
Chlamys gloriosa		Western Pacific.		1852
Chlamys hastata	Spiny scallop	Northeast Pacific and Nor	8.3 SHH	1842
Chlamys imbricata	Little knobby scallop	Western Central Atlantic		1791
Chlamys islandica	Iceland scallop	Atlantic Ocean, Pacific a	11 SHL	1776
Chlamys jordani		Northeast Atlantic		1903
Chlamys jousseaumi		Western Pacific		1904
Chlamys kincaidi		Northeast Atlantic		1929
Chlamys lentiginosa		Western Central Pacific	50 SHL	1865
Chlamys liocymatus		Western Central Pacific		1925
Chlamys lioicus		Northeast Atlantic		1907
Chlamys lischkei		Mediterranean Sea.		1850
Chlamys lowei		Eastern Pacific and North		1935
Chlamys madreporara		Western Pacific.		1842
Chlamys mildredae	Mildred's scallop	Western Central Atlantic		1941
Chlamys mollita		Western Central Pacific		1853
Chlamys multisquamata		Western Central Atlantic		1864
Chlamys muscosus		Northeast Atlantic and So		1828
Chlamys nantiensis		Northwest Pacific		1993
Chlamys navarcha		Northeast Atlantic		1898
Chlamys ornata		Western Central Atlantic		1819
Chlamys pelseneeri		Western Pacific.		1912
Chlamys porphyra		Western Pacific.		1791
Chlamys psara		Northwest Pacific		1888
Chlamys pseudislandica		Northeast Atlantic and th		1967
Chlamys purpurata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Chlamys rubida	Reddish scallop	Arctic, Northeast Pacific	7 SHD	1845
Chlamys sentis	Thorny scallop	Western Central Atlantic		1853
Chlamys septemradiatus		Northeast Atlantic		1776
Chlamys squamata	Scaly Pacific scallop	Indo-West Pacific	7.5 SHH	1791
Chlamys strategus		Northeast Atlantic		1898
Chlamys subsulcata		Northeast Atlantic		1898
Chlamys teilhardi		Northwest Pacific		1928
Chlamys tigerina		Northeast Atlantic		1776
Chlamys valdecostata		Northwest Pacific		1888
Chlamys wainwrightensis		Northeast Atlantic		1967
Ciclopecten fluctuatus		Indo-Pacific. Tropical t		1905
Complicachlamys wardiana		Western Central Pacific		1939
Coralichlamys madreporarum		Western Central Pacific		1842
Crassadoma gigantea	Giant rock-scallop	Northeast Pacific	25 SHH	1825
Crassedoma giganteum	Rock scallop	Eastern Pacific	20 SHD	1825
Cryptopectan complanus		Northwest Pacific		1983
Cryptopectan inaequivalvis		Indo-West Pacific		1842
Cryptopectan oweni		Western Pacific		1884
Cryptopectan tissotii		Northwest Pacific		1858
Cryptopectan vesiculosus		Northwest Pacific		1877
Cryptopecten bernardi		Eastern Central Pacific		1851
Cryptopecten bullatus		Indo-Pacific.		1912
Cryptopecten madreporarum		Western Central Pacific		1842
Cryptopecten nux		Indo-Pacific		1849
Cryptopecten phrygium	Spathate scallop	North America.	5.2 DL	1886
Cryptopecten vesiculosus		Northwest Pacific		1877
Decatopecten amiculum	Cloak scallop	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL	1851
Decatopecten nux		Western Central Pacific		1853
Decatopecten plica	Plica scallop	Indo-West Pacific.		1758
Decatopecten plicus		Indo-West Pacific		1758
Decatopecten radula	Flatribbed scallop	Indo-West Pacific	9.5 SHL	1758
Decatopecten strangei		Eastern Indian Ocean		1852
Decatopecten striatum		Western Pacific.		1817
Delectopecten alcocki		Western Central Pacific		1904
Delectopecten arces		Northeast Atlantic		1913
Delectopecten binominatus		Northeast Atlantic		1924
Delectopecten bistriatus		Northeast Atlantic		1916
Delectopecten fosterianus		Southwest Pacific		1933
Delectopecten gelatinosus		Antarctica.		1889
Delectopecten incongruus		Antarctica.		1916
Delectopecten macrocheiricola		Northwest Pacific		1951
Delectopecten musorstomi		Western Pacific.		1981
Delectopecten profundicola		Northwest Pacific		1962
Delectopecten randolphi	Randolph scallop	Western Pacific		1897
Delectopecten tillamookensis		Northeast Atlantic		1906
Delectopecten vancouverensis	Vancouver scallop	Northeast Pacific and Nor	0.6 SHL	1893
Delectopecten vitreus	Vitreous scallop	Eastern Pacific, Atlantic	2 SHH	1791
Delectopecten zacae		Southeast Pacific and Nor		1935
Dentamussium obliteratum		Western Central Pacific		1758
Euvola amusoides		Western Atlantic.	7.0 DL	2001
Euvola chazaliei		Western Atlantic.	3.3 DL	1900
Euvola diegensis	San Diego scallop	East Pacific.		1898
Euvola laurentii		Western Central Atlantic.		1791
Euvola marensis	Paper moon scallop	Western Atlantic	6.7 DL	1964
Euvola raveneli	Round-rib scallop	Western Central Atlantic.	4.9 DL	1898
Euvola turtoni		Eastern Atlantic.		1890
Euvola vogdesi	Concave scallop	East Pacific.		1906
Euvola ziczac	Zigzag scallop	Western Atlantic and West	9 SHL	1758
Excellichlamys concinna		Western Atlantic and West		1853
Excellichlamys histrionica		Indo-West Pacific.		1791
Excellichlamys spectabilis	Spectacular scallop	Indo-Pacific.		1853
Excellichlamys xishaensis		Western Pacific		1985
Exichlamys histronica		Western Central Pacific		1791
Flexopecten felipponei	Felippone's scallop	Western Atlantic.	6.7 DL	1922
Flexopecten flexuosus		Mediterranean Sea		1795
Flexopecten glaber	Smooth scallop	Eastern Atlantic and the	8.7 SHL	1758
Flexopecten hyalinus	Hyaline scallop	Mediterranean Sea		1795
Glorichlamys elegantissima		Indo-Pacific.		1863
Glorichlamys quadrilirata		Western Pacific.		1870
Gloripallium pallium	Royal cloak scallop	Indo-Pacific	11 SHL	1758
Gloripallium speciosum		Western Central Pacific	5 SHH	1853
Gloripallium spiniferum		Eastern Central Pacific		1835
Haumea juddi	Judd's scallop	Eastern Central Pacific		1938
Haumea loxoides		Eastern Central Pacific		1882
Haumea minuta		Central Pacific		1758
Haumea rehderi		Central Pacific		1960
Hemipecten forbesianus		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi		1849
Hinnites corallinus		Northwest Pacific		1828
Hinnites giganteus		Northwest Pacific		1814
Hinnites multirugosus		Northwest Pacific		1928
Hyalopecten arntzi		Western Atlantic.		1999
Hyalopecten biscayensis		Northeast Atlantic		1886
Hyalopecten dilectus		Northeast Atlantic		1897
Hyalopecten eucymatus		Northeast Atlantic		1898
Hyalopecten frigidus		Northeast Atlantic		1912
Hyalopecten hadalis		Southwest Pacific.		1970
Hyalopecten parvulinus		Northeast Atlantic		1897
Hyalopecten pudicus		Western Atlantic and Indi		1885
Hyalopecten similes		Mediterranean Sea		1811
Hyalopecten undatus		Northeast Atlantic and An		1885
Juxtamusium coudeini		Western Central Pacific		1902
Juxtamusium maldivense		Western Central Pacific		1903
Laevichlamys aliae		Western Central Pacific		1988
Laevichlamys andamanica		Western Central Pacific		1908
Laevichlamys cuneata		Indo-Pacific.		1853
Laevichlamys deliciosa		Western Central Pacific		1939
Laevichlamys kauaiensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1938
Laevichlamys lemniscata		Indo-Pacific.	1.7 TL	1853
Laevichlamys limatula		Western Central Pacific		1853
Laevichlamys mollita		Western Central Pacific		1853
Laevichlamys multisqualida		Western Central Pacific		1994
Laevichlamys multisquamata	Many-ribbed scallop	Western Atlantic.	7 DL	1864
Laevichlamys squamosa	Squamose scallop	Indo-Pacific.	5 SHL	1791
Laevichlamys wilhelminae		Central Pacific		1904
Lamellipecten aduncus		Eastern Central Pacific		2010
Leopecten sericeus	Silken scallop	Eastern Pacific. Subtrop		1845
Leptopecten bavayi	Bavay's scallop	Western Atlantic	1.7 DL	1900
Leptopecten camerella		Western Atlantic		1968
Leptopecten latiauratus	Kelp scallop	East Pacific.		1837
Leptopecten tumbezensis		East Pacific.		1846
Leptopecten velero		Southeast Pacific		1935
Lindapecten exasperatus	Thistle scallop	Northeast Atlantic		1842
Lindapecten lindae		Northeast Atlantic	3 DL	1995
Lindapecten muscosus	Rough scallop	Northeast Atlantic	5.5 DL	1828
Lyropecten kallinubilosus	Clouded scallop	Western Central Atlantic		1943
Lyropecten nodosus	Lion's paw	Western Central Atlantic		1758
Malanochlamys diomedia		Western Central Atlantic		1894
Manupecten nolani		Western Central Atlantic		2022
Manupecten pesfelis	Cat's paw scallop	Mediterranean Sea		1758
Mesopeplum convexum	Wavy fan shell	Southwest Pacific		1835
Mimachlamys albolineata		Western Pacific.		1842
Mimachlamys asperrima		Eastern Indian Ocean		1819
Mimachlamys cloacata		Western Central Pacific		1853
Mimachlamys crassicostata	Noble scallop	Indo-West Pacific.	9.5 SHH	1842
Mimachlamys erycina		Eastern Central Pacific		2010
Mimachlamys funebris		Eastern Indian Ocean		1853
Mimachlamys gloriosa		Western Central Pacific		1853
Mimachlamys lentiginosa		Western Central Pacific		1853
Mimachlamys sanguinea	Senatorial scallop	Indo-West Pacific	8 SHH	1758
Mimachlamys varia	Variegated scallop	Eastern Atlantic, Mediter	10 SHL	1758
Minnivola pyxidata	Box scallop	Indo-West Pacific	5 ShL	1778
Mirapecten boutetorum		Eastern Central Pacific		2011
Mirapecten mirificus		Indo-Pacific.	4.5 SHL	1853
Mirapecten molluccensis		Western Central Pacific		1988
Mirapecten moluccensis		Western Central Pacific		1988
Mirapecten rastellum		Western Central Pacific	5 SHL	1819
Mizuhopecten yessoensis	Large weathervane scallop	Northwest Pacific	25 SHL	1857
Nodipecten fragosus		Western Central Atlantic		1849
Nodipecten fucatus		Western Atlantic.		1853
Nodipecten magnificus		Southeast Pacific		1835
Nodipecten nodosus	Lion's paw scallop	Eastern Pacific and Atlan	15 DL	1758
Nodipecten subnodosus	Giant lions-paw	Eastern Pacific.		1835
Pacipecten leucophaeus		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1852
Pacipecten linki		Western Atlantic.	3.6 DL	1926
Palliolum furtivum		Northeast Atlantic		1846
Palliolum imbrifer		Northeast Atlantic		1846
Palliolum incomparabile		Mediterranean Sea		1826
Palliolum leptaleum		Northeast Atlantic		1884
Palliolum minutulum		Western Central Pacific		2000
Palliolum reticulum		Northeast Atlantic		1886
Palliolum ringnesia		Northeast Atlantic
Palliolum striatum	Striate scallop	Northeast Atlantic and th		1776
Palliolum subimbrifer		Northeast Atlantic		1897
Palliolum tigerinum		Northeast Atlantic and th		1776
Palliolum undatum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Pascahinnites coruscans		Indo-Pacific.		1845
Pascahinnites pasca		Eastern Pacific		1908
Patinopecten caurinus	Giant Pacific sea scallop	Eastern Pacific	28 SHL	1850
Pecten albicans		Western Pacific.		1802
Pecten caurinus		Western Pacific.		1850
Pecten chazaliei	Dwarf zigzag scallop	Northeast Atlantic		1900
Pecten diegensis		Northeast Atlantic		1898
Pecten diomedeus		Eastern Central Pacific		1938

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Family: Pectinidae scallops(See list of species below)

Family: Pectinidae scallops

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