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 | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Pecten |
Species: | P. fumatus
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Binomial name | |
Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852
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References
edit- ^ a b "Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Pecten fumatus". FishSource. Retrieved 18 January 2024.