Pecten maximus

Pecten maximus

Two beachworn upper (flat) valves of Pecten maximus from Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Ostreoida
Suborder:	Pectinina
Superfamily:	Pectinoidea
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Pecten
Species:	P. maximus
Binomial name
*Pecten maximus* (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pecten maximus, common name the "great scallop" or "king scallop", is a species of scallop, an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk 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. ^[1]

The oil company Royal Dutch Shell derives its highly recognizable logo from this species.

Live individual of Pecten maximus on the right, next to Ostrea edulis

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Commercial mollusks

Marine gastropods	Abalone Periwinkle Whelk Buccinum undatum Bullacta exarata

Land and freshwater gastropods	Helix pomatia Helix aspersa Helix aperta Cepaea nemoralis Otala lactea Escargot

Free-swimming marine bivalves	Scallop Queen scallop Pecten maximus Pecten jacobaeus Argopecten irradians Placopecten magellanicus

Infaunal bivalves	Clam Atlantic surf clam Soft-shell clam Mercenaria mercenaria Austrovenus stutchburyi Saxidomus nutalli Arctica islandica Cockle Geoduck Spisula solidissima Paphies ventricosa Paphies australis Tuatua Ruditapes largillierti Grooved carpet shell

Sessile bivalves	Oyster Mussel Pearl oyster Pinctada maxima

Freshwater bivalves	Freshwater pearl mussel

Cephalopods	Octopus Squid

Techniques	Heliciculture Gathering by hand Clam digging Dredging Oyster farming Oyster boats Pearl farming Pearl diving Ama divers Trawling

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Edible mollusks

Clams	Atlantic jackknife Atlantic surf Geoduck Grooved carpet shell Hard clam Horse Mactra stultorum Blunt gaper Ocean quahog Pacific razor Venus California butterclam Senilia senilis Smooth clam Soft-shell Triangle shell Tuatua Japanese littleneck Razor clam Pod razor Ensis (razor genus) Paphies

Cockles	Common Blood Goolwa New Zealand Sydney

Mussels	Blue Mediterranean New Zealand green-lipped California Brown Asian/Philippine green Date Mytilidae (mussel family)

Oysters	Auckland Eastern Olympia Southern mud Colchester native Pacific Portuguese Windowpane Rock Sydney rock Ostra chilena/Bluff Gillardeau oysters Crassostrea ("true oyster" genus)

Scallops	Atlantic bay Great/king New Zealand Pecten jacobaeus Peruvian calico Yesso Placopecten magellanicus

Sea	Mud-flat Korean mud Chorus giganteus

Land	Cornu aspersum Helix lucorum Helix pomatia

Freshwater	Nerites

Cuttlefish	Spineless Bottletail

Octopus	Common Atlantic white-spotted Big blue Pacific giant Southern red Amphioctopus fangsiao

Squid	New Zealand arrow Japanese flying Humboldt Neon flying

Related topics: Oyster farming; Land snail farming; Gastropod anatomy; Bivalve anatomy

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