| Pectinida Temporal range:
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| Aequipecten opercularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorphia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pectinoida | |
Pectinida is a taxonomic order of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as scallops and their allies.[1] It is believed that they began evolutionarily in the late Middle Ordovician epoch; many species, of course, are still extant.[2]
- ^ Pectinoida Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ^ Matsumoto, M. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of the subclass Pteriomorphia (Bivalvia) from mtDNA COI sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27 (3): 429–440. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00013-7. PMID 12742748.