Biology:Pecten fumatus

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Pecten fumatus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Pecten
Species:
P. fumatus
Binomial name
Pecten fumatus
Reeve, 1852
Synonyms[1]
  • Pecten jacobaeus byronensis Notovola preissiana
  • Iredale, 1949 Tate, 1887
  • Fleming, 1955 Pecten medius
  • Pecten fuscus Lamarck, 1819
  • Pecten fumatus albus Sowerby II, 1842
  • Reeve, 1852 Pecten modestus

Pecten fumatus, the commercial scallop,[2] is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pectinidae, the scallops. It is endemic to Australia, distributed from Keppel Bay and Swain Reefs, Queensland, southwards and around southern Australia, including Tasmania, to North West Cape, Western Australia.[3] This species is the target of a dredge fishery in the Bass Strait off southern Australia.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14063095 entry