Argopecten irradians irradians

Author
Lamarck, 1819
Common Names
  • Bay Scallop

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
20 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Nova Scotia, Canada to Florida and Texas, Cuba
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • epibiotic
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • Camp, D. K., W. G. Lyons, and T. H. Perkins. 1998. Checklists of selected shallow-water marine invertebrates of Florida. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, FMRI Technical Report TR-3. 238 pp.

  • Marelli, D. C., M. K. Krause, W. S. Arnold, and W. G. Lyons. 1997. Systematic relationships among Florida populations of Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). The Nautilus 110(2): 31–41.

  • Moore, D. R. 1961. The marine and brackish water Mollusca of the State of Mississippi. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Gulf Research Reports 1(1): 1–58.

  • Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia. v + 154 + A1–A4, 29 pls.

Endnotes

  • Recorded from the Gulf shores of Cuba (between Cabo de San Antonio and Punta Hicacos) (J. Ortea and J. Espinosa, Pers. Comm. 2005).

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-08-2024.

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