''Cryptopecten'' is a genus of
molluscs in the family
Pectinidae
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families ...
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[Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 31.]
Selected species
* ''
Cryptopecten phrygium''
(Dall, 1886) — spathate scallop
References
Pectinidae
Bivalve genera
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