The Atlantic deep-sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus is a species in the family Pectinidae. And they are a commercially important pectinid bivalve mollusk native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean. In addition, they are found on the continental shelf of the northwest Atlantic from the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence south to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Animalia (Kingdom); Mollusca (Phylum); Bivalvia (Class); Autobranchia (Subclass); Pteriomorphia (Infraclass); Pectinida (Order); Pectinoidea (Superfamily); Pectinidae (Family); Palliolinae (Subfamily); Palliolini (Tribe); Placopecten (Genus); Placopecten magellanicus (Species)
Ostrea magellanica Gmelin, 1791
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