Pecten novaezelandiae

Pecten novaezelandiae
Pecten novaezelandiae collected from Manukau Harbour near Huia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Pecten
Species:
P. novaezelandiae
Binomial name
Pecten novaezelandiae
Reeve, 1853

Pecten novaezelandiae, common name the New Zealand scallop, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Its name is sometimes found misspelt as Pecten novaezealandiae.

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