Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Great Scallop, Escallop)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPecten maximus (Great Scallop, Escallop)
FamilyPECTINIDAE (scallops)
SuperfamilyPECTINOIDEA (scallops)
OrderPECTINOIDA (an order of molluscs)
SubclassPTERIOMORPHIA (fan mussels)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pecten maximus (Great Scallop, Escallop) :
1: Pecten maximus (Great Scallop, Escallop)
1 Mar 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
living animal, on mud at low spring tide
Image 1: Animal - lower (convex) shell - pale backgroundImage 2: Animal - out of water - gaping - pale backgroundImage 3: Animal - out of water - gaping - pale background (2)Image 4: Animal - out of water - slightly gaping - pale backgroundImage 5: Animal - upper (flat) shell - pale backgroundImage 6: Margin of shell - in shallow water - water being expelled as shell closesImage 7: Margin of shell - in water - gaping and showing tentaclesImage 8: Margin of shell - in water - showing tentaclesImage 9: Margin of shell - in water - showing tentacles (2)Image 10: Margin of shell - in water - showing tentacles (3)
2: Pecten maximus (Great Scallop, Escallop)
24 Apr 2008 OSGR: SZ07 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
1 very old dead right (convex) valve and half a fresh left valve, washed up on the beach after storms
Image 1: Left valve fragment - inner surface - black backgroundImage 2: Left valve fragment - outer surface - black backgroundImage 3: Left valve fragment - outer surface - white backgroundImage 4: Right valve - inner surface - pale backgroundImage 5: Right valve - outer surface - pale background

Pecten maximus (Great Scallop, Escallop) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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