Placopecten magellanicus
| Placopecten magellanicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Placopecten |
| Species: | P. magellanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791)
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Placopecten magellanicus, previously listed as Pecten tenuicostatus and Pecten grandis, once referred to as the "giant scallop", and commonly known as the Atlantic deep-sea scallop, deep sea scallop, North Atlantic sea scallop, American sea scallop, Atlantic sea scallop, or sea scallop, is a commercially important pectinid bivalve mollusk native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean.