Argopecten

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pectinidae - Argopecten irradians.JPG | image_caption = Shell of ''Argopecten irradians'' from Bermuda Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | taxon = Argopecten | authority = Monterosato, 1889 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}

'''''Argopecten''''' is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.<ref>Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 29-30.</ref>

==Species== Species within the genus ''Argopecten'' include: * ''Argopecten gibbus'' (Linnaeus, 1767) — Atlantic calico scallop * ''Argopecten irradians'' (Lamarck, 1819) — Atlantic bay scallop (five subspecies) * ''Argopecten lineolaris'' (Lamarck, 1819) * ''Argopecten nucleus'' (Born, 1778) — nucleus scallop * ''Argopecten purpuratus'' (Lamarck, 1819) — Peruvian calico scallop or Chilean-Peruvian scallop * ''Argopecten ventricosus'' (Sowerby II, 1842)<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Argopecten ventricosus (G.B.Sowerby II, 1842) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2285866 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> <ref>[http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=findsnail&genus=Argopecten&associatedname=&author=&year=&yearend=&Search=Search Malacolog - A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca]</ref><ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156816 WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species]</ref><ref>Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/argopecten/match/1 Catalogue of life]</ref>

==Extinct species== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Argopecten ameleus'' Woodring 1925 * ''Argopecten antonitaensis'' Durham 1950 * ''Argopecten callidus'' Hertlein 1925 * ''Argopecten crassiradiatus'' Clark 1915 * ''Argopecten cristobalensis'' Hertlein 1925 * ''Argopecten demiurgus'' Dall 1898 * ''Argopecten deserti'' Conrad 1855 * ''Argopecten diminutivus'' Hertlein 1927 * ''Argopecten eboreus yorkensis'' Conrad 1867 * ''Argopecten eccentricus'' Gabb 1873 * ''Argopecten ericellus'' Hertlein 1929 * ''Argopecten evermanni'' Jordan and Hertlein 1926 * ''Argopecten gilbertharrisi'' Hodson and Hodson 1927 * ''Argopecten gratus'' del Rio 1992 * ''Argopecten hakei'' Hertlein 1925 * ''Argopecten inaequalis'' Sowerby 1850 * ''Argopecten insuetus'' del Rio 1992 * ''Argopecten invalidus'' Hanna 1924 * ''Argopecten levicostatus'' Toula 1909 * ''Argopecten mendenhalli'' Arnold 1906 * ''Argopecten nerterus'' Woodring 1982 * ''Argopecten parathetidis'' Waller 2011 * ''Argopecten percarus'' Hertlein 1925 * ''Argopecten revellei'' Durham 1950 * ''Argopecten subdolus'' Hertlein 1925 * ''Argopecten sverdrupi'' Durham 1950 * ''Argopecten thetidis'' Sowerby 1850 * ''Argopecten uselmae'' Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 * ''Argopecten venezuelanus'' Hodson and Hodson 1927 * ''Argopecten woodringi'' Spieker 1922<ref>[https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]</ref> {{div col end}}

==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}}

* Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Category:Argopecten Category:Bivalve genera