Pectinida

Pectinida
Temporal range:
Aequipecten opercularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Pectinida
J. E. Gray, 1854
Families

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Synonyms

Pectinoida

Pectinida is a taxonomic order of saltwater and brackish clams, bivalve molluscs, commonly known as scallops and their allies. They evolved somewhere in the late Middle Ordovician epoch. The order was first defined and published by John Edward Gray in 1854.

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