| Hemipecten | |
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| Hemipecten forbesianus (front) and Placuna lincolnii (back) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Hemipecten Adams & Reeve, 1849 |
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Hemipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Hemipecten include:
- Hemipecten forbesianus Adams & Reeve, 1849
References
- ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 28.
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