Pecten fumatus, the Southern Australia scallop, is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This species is found in the Indo-West Pacific from Shark Bay in Western Australia to the Kermadec Islands and as far south as New Zealand.[1] This species is the target of a dredge fishery in the Bass Strait off southern Australia.[2]

Pecten fumatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Pecten
Species:
P. fumatus
Binomial name
Pecten fumatus
Reeve, 1852
Synonyms[1]
  • Notovola preissiana Iredale, 1949
  • Pecten fumatus albus Tate, 1887
  • Pecten fuscus Sowerby II, 1842
  • Pecten jacobaeus byronensis Fleming, 1955
  • Pecten medius Lamarck, 1819
  • Pecten modestus Reeve, 1852

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Pecten fumatus". FishSource. Retrieved 18 January 2024.