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scallop

Any marine bivalve mollusc of the family Pectinidae, with a fan-shaped shell. There are two ‘ears’ extending from the socketlike hinge. Scallops use water-jet propulsion to move through the water to escape predators such as starfish. The giant Pacific scallop found from Alaska to California can reach 20 cm/8 in width.
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Waller (1991, 1993) suggested the division of Pectinidae into three subfamilies, comprising of Camptonectinae, Chlamydinae, and Pectininae.
Phylogenetic relationships among nine scallop species (Bivalvia: ... by Nguyen, Thuy T.T. / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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