Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815 
AphiaID: 213

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Pteriomorphia > Pectinoida > Pectinoidea

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Pectinoidea
Sources		additional source: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details] redescription: 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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch mantels  [details] English scallops  [details] French pectinidés  [details] Swedish kammusslor  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subfamily Chlamydinae Teppner, 1922 Subfamily Pectininae Rafinesque, 1815    » Tribe Pectinini Rafinesque, 1815 Subfamily Pedinae Bronn, 1862    » Genus Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886 » Genus Mimachlamys Iredale, 1929 » Tribe Mimachlamydini Waller, 1993 accepted as Pedinae Bronn, 1862
Environment		marine
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2006-01-04 12:34:08Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2011-07-30 13:11:27Z   checked   Bouchet, Philippe
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		Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Pectinidae. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213 on 2013-05-25
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