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Placopecten magellanicus (sea scallop)

Synonyms: Ostrea magellanica; Pecten brunneus; Pecten fuscus (heterotypic); Pecten magellanicus; Pecten tenuicostatus (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Placopecten magellanicus, the Atlantic deep-sea scallop (previously known as Pecten tenuicostatus and as Pecten grandis and once referred to as the "giant scallop") is a commercially important pectinid bivalve mollusk native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
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Attributes

Water Biome [1]  Pelagic, Coastal
Diet [1]  Herbivore, Planktivore, Detritivore

Predators

Zoarces americanus (Ocean pout)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0