The Pectinidae Family includes 278 species comprising 5 subfamilies (Pedinae (5 genus), Pectininae (5), Camptonectinae (5), ...)
and 65 genus (Laevichlamys (18 species), Pecten (16), Mimachlamys (14), ...)

Phylum      : Mollusca
 Class       : Bivalvia 
  Subclass    : Pteriomorphia 
   Order       : Pectinida 
    Superfamily : Pectinoidea 
     Family      : Pectinidae

Common name : scallop

Aspect : unequal shell fixed to the substrate by byssal threads or limestone cement. circular to oval shape, costumed or pleated radially with aliform expansions. Reduced foot.

Feeding : filtration of microorganisms in suspension

Environment : sandy, gravelly and detrital bottom, all seas and oceans, certain species in polar waters, shallow depth.

Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Subfamily Pectininae)