South African scallop | |
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Scallop Pecten sulcicostatus at Windmill Beach, Simon's Town, in False Bay | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Pecten |
Species: | P. sulcicostatus
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Binomial name | |
Pecten sulcicostatus Sowerby II, 1842
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Pecten sulcicostatus, the South African scallop, is a species of large scallops or saltwater clams. They are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.