Argopecten

Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.

Species

Species within the genus Argopecten include:

• Argopecten gibbus <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> &mdash; Atlantic calico scallop
• Argopecten irradians <small> (Lamarck, 1819) </small> &mdash; Atlantic bay scallop (five subspecies)
• Argopecten lineolaris <small> (Lamarck, 1819)</small>
• Argopecten nucleus <small>(Born, 1778)</small> &mdash; nucleus scallop
• Argopecten purpuratus <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small> &mdash; Peruvian calico scallop or Chilean-Peruvian scallop
• Argopecten ventricosus <small>(Sowerby II, 1842)</small>

Extinct species

• Argopecten ameleus <small>Woodring 1925</small>
• Argopecten antonitaensis <small> Durham 1950</small>
• Argopecten callidus <small> Hertlein 1925</small>
• Argopecten crassiradiatus <small> Clark 1915</small>
• Argopecten cristobalensis <small> Hertlein 1925</small>
• Argopecten demiurgus <small> Dall 1898</small>
• Argopecten deserti <small> Conrad 1855</small>
• Argopecten diminutivus <small> Hertlein 1927</small>
• Argopecten eboreus yorkensis <small> Conrad 1867</small>
• Argopecten eccentricus <small> Gabb 1873</small>
• Argopecten ericellus <small> Hertlein 1929</small>
• Argopecten evermanni <small> Jordan and Hertlein 1926</small>
• Argopecten gilbertharrisi <small> Hodson and Hodson 1927</small>
• Argopecten gratus <small> del Rio 1992</small>
• Argopecten hakei <small> Hertlein 1925</small>
• Argopecten inaequalis <small> Sowerby 1850</small>
• Argopecten insuetus <small> del Rio 1992</small>
• Argopecten invalidus <small> Hanna 1924</small>
• Argopecten levicostatus <small> Toula 1909</small>
• Argopecten mendenhalli <small> Arnold 1906</small>
• Argopecten nerterus <small> Woodring 1982</small>
• Argopecten parathetidis <small> Waller 2011</small>
• Argopecten percarus <small> Hertlein 1925</small>
• Argopecten revellei <small> Durham 1950</small>
• Argopecten subdolus <small> Hertlein 1925</small>
• Argopecten sverdrupi <small> Durham 1950</small>
• Argopecten thetidis <small> Sowerby 1850</small>
• Argopecten uselmae <small> Pilsbry and Johnson 1917</small>
• Argopecten venezuelanus <small> Hodson and Hodson 1927</small>
• Argopecten woodringi <small> Spieker 1922</small>

References

• 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.