Nodipecten
{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
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| image_caption = Nodipecten subnodosus
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| authority = Dall, 1898
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Nodipecten is a genus of large scallops,{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138321|title = WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nodipecten Dall, 1898}} marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These scallops often have attractive, strongly colored, thick shells. The generic name Nodipecten means "nodular scallop", because in this genus the shell is usually sculpted with regular, very large nodes.
Species
Species within the genus Nodipecten include:
- Nodipecten arthriticus (Reeve, 1853)
- Nodipecten fragosus (Conrad, 1849)
- Nodipecten magnificus (Sowerby I, 1835)
- Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) — lion's paw scallop
- Nodipecten subnodosus (Sowerby I, 1835)
References
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File:WLA hmns Nodipecten nodosa Lions Paw.jpg, Gulf of Mexico]]
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