Argopecten

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| image = Pectinidae - Argopecten irradians.JPG

| image_caption = Shell of Argopecten irradians from Bermuda Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano

| taxon = Argopecten

| authority = Monterosato, 1889

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

Species

Species within the genus Argopecten include:

[http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=findsnail&genus=Argopecten&associatedname=&author=&year=&yearend=&Search=Search Malacolog - A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca][http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156816 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. [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/argopecten/match/1 Catalogue of life]

Extinct species

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References

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  • 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.

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Category:Bivalve genera

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