Pectinidae (family)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Mollusca (phylum) > Bivalvia (class) > Pteriomorphia (subclass) > Ostreoida (order)
Descripción
Family of marine bivalves having a radially ribbed shell with undulating edges, and many tiny eyes and feelers on the edge of the mouth; they inhabit sandy sea beds, and can swim by rapidly clapping the shell halve together by means of a single large adductor muscle.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- scallops (animals) [en]
- scallop (animal) [en]
- Argopecten [en]
- scollops [en]
- fan shells [en]
- comb shells [en]