| Pecten maximus | |
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| Two beachworn upper (flat) valves of Pecten maximus from Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Pecten |
| Species: | P. maximus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pecten maximus | |
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Pecten maximus, common names the great scallop, king scallop, St James shell or escallop, is a northeast Atlantic species of scallop, an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc 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.[4]
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140712 on 2024-07-18
- ^ Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783 page(s): 140-143; pl. 9 fig. 3
- ^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). Monograph of the genus Pecten. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (2): 45–78, pls 12–20. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937271 page(s): 46, pl. 16, figs. 116, 117
- ^ Latchford, John W.; Beaumont, Andy R.; Wilding, Craig S. (October 1999). "Are Pecten maximus and Pecten jacobaeus different species?". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 79 (5): 949–952. Bibcode:1999JMBUK..79..949W. doi:10.1017/S0025315499001149. S2CID 84757441.