Argopecten
{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
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| 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:
- Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1767) — Atlantic calico scallop
- Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) — Atlantic bay scallop (five subspecies)
- Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
- Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778) — nucleus scallop
- Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Peruvian calico scallop or Chilean-Peruvian scallop
- Argopecten ventricosus (Sowerby II, 1842){{cite web |title=Argopecten ventricosus (G.B.Sowerby II, 1842) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2285866 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=en}}
[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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- Argopecten ameleus Woodring 1925
- Argopecten antonitaensis Durham 1950
- Argopecten callidus Hertlein 1925
- Argopecten crassiradiatus Clark 1915
- Argopecten cristobalensis Hertlein 1925
- Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898
- Argopecten deserti Conrad 1855
- Argopecten diminutivus Hertlein 1927
- Argopecten eboreus yorkensis Conrad 1867
- Argopecten eccentricus Gabb 1873
- Argopecten ericellus Hertlein 1929
- Argopecten evermanni Jordan and Hertlein 1926
- Argopecten gilbertharrisi Hodson and Hodson 1927
- Argopecten gratus del Rio 1992
- Argopecten hakei Hertlein 1925
- Argopecten inaequalis Sowerby 1850
- Argopecten insuetus del Rio 1992
- Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924
- Argopecten levicostatus Toula 1909
- Argopecten mendenhalli Arnold 1906
- Argopecten nerterus Woodring 1982
- Argopecten parathetidis Waller 2011
- Argopecten percarus Hertlein 1925
- Argopecten revellei Durham 1950
- Argopecten subdolus Hertlein 1925
- Argopecten sverdrupi Durham 1950
- Argopecten thetidis Sowerby 1850
- Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
- Argopecten venezuelanus Hodson and Hodson 1927
- Argopecten woodringi Spieker 1922[https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]
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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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