Argopecten Explained

Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Argopecten include:

• Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1767) - Atlantic calico scallop
• Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) - Atlantic bay scallop (five subspecies)
• Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
• Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778) - nucleus scallop
• Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) - Peruvian calico scallop or Chilean-Peruvian scallop
• Argopecten ventricosus (Sowerby II, 1842)^[2]

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Extinct species

• Argopecten ameleus Woodring 1925
• Argopecten antonitaensis Durham 1950
• Argopecten callidus Hertlein 1925
• Argopecten crassiradiatus Clark 1915
• Argopecten cristobalensis Hertlein 1925
• Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898
• Argopecten deserti Conrad 1855
• Argopecten diminutivus Hertlein 1927
• Argopecten eboreus yorkensis Conrad 1867
• Argopecten eccentricus Gabb 1873
• Argopecten ericellus Hertlein 1929
• Argopecten evermanni Jordan and Hertlein 1926
• Argopecten gilbertharrisi Hodson and Hodson 1927
• Argopecten gratus del Rio 1992
• Argopecten hakei Hertlein 1925
• Argopecten inaequalis Sowerby 1850
• Argopecten insuetus del Rio 1992
• Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924
• Argopecten levicostatus Toula 1909
• Argopecten mendenhalli Arnold 1906
• Argopecten nerterus Woodring 1982
• Argopecten parathetidis Waller 2011
• Argopecten percarus Hertlein 1925
• Argopecten revellei Durham 1950
• Argopecten subdolus Hertlein 1925
• Argopecten sverdrupi Durham 1950
• Argopecten thetidis Sowerby 1850
• Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
• Argopecten venezuelanus Hodson and Hodson 1927
• Argopecten woodringi Spieker 1922^[6]

References

• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Notes and References

1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 29-30.
2. Web site: Argopecten ventricosus (G.B.Sowerby II, 1842) . www.gbif.org . 19 October 2021 . en.
3. http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=findsnail&genus=Argopecten&associatedname=&author=&year=&yearend=&Search=Search Malacolog - A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
4. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156816 WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species
5. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of life
6. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home The Paleobiology Database