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Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) 
AphiaID: 156817

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinoida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Pectinidae (Family) > Pedinae (Subfamily) > Argopecten (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Argopecten Monterosato, 1889
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

taxonomy source: Bert T.M., Arnold W.S., McMillen-Jackson A.L., Wilbur A.E. & Crawford C. (2011) Natural and anthropogenic forces shape the population genetics and recent evolutionary history of eastern United States Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians). &i>Journal of shellfish Research 30(3): 583-608. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch grote mantel  [details]
English bay scallop  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Argopecten irradians amplicostatus (Dall, 1898)
Subspecies Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say, 1822)
Subspecies Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck, 1819)

Subspecies Argopecten irradians taylorae Petuch, 1987 accepted as Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say, 1822)
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (12090 nucleotides; 217 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: 45°N to 40°N; 75°W to 70°W, Nova Scotia, Gulf of St. Lawrence and southward
Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) [details]

Habitat: infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Images 
Argopecten irradians - bay scallop
Argopecten irradians - bay scallop
added on 2012-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
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Argopecten irradians
Argopecten irradians
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Argopecten irradians
Argopecten irradians
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156817
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-20 07:57:29Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z  checked  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156817 on 2013-06-20
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