| Queen scallop | |
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| View of two valves of two Aequipecten opercularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Aequipecten |
| Species: | A. opercularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) is a medium-sized species of scallop, an edible marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. It is found in the northeast Atlantic and is important in fisheries.
- ^ Rosenberg, Gary (2011). "Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-20.