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Genus of bivalves
Argopecten is a
genus of saltwater
clams , or
scallops ,
marine
bivalve
mollusks in the family
Pectinidae .
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Species
Species within the genus Argopecten include:
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Extinct species
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Argopecten .
^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 29-30.
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"Argopecten ventricosus (G.B.Sowerby II, 1842)" . www.gbif.org . Retrieved 19 October 2021 .
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Malacolog - A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
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WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species
^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D.
Catalogue of life
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The Paleobiology Database
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.