Placopecten

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}

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| image =Placopecten magellanicus.jpg

| image_caption = Placopecten magellanicus

| taxon = Placopecten

| authority = Verrill, 1897

}}

Placopecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 28.