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The shells on this page all come from a collection that I was given a few years ago.

All the scallops were loose in a drawer. Some of the shells had catalog numbers attached, matching data cards in the catalog, while others were just loose with no labels at all. Luckily, this collector only had ONE LOT of each species or subspecies in his collection; thus, all specimens in the collection of each species or subspecies can be matched up with the data slip for for that species -- if the shell can be identified!

So, since I have very limited knowledge of the Pectinidae, I would love a little help with identifying theses shells. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated! Please Email me if you have any solutions or suggestions...Especially you Pectinidae gurus! Thankyou, and good luck.

I've already catalogued a few species from his collection (Hinnites multirugosa, Pecten swifti, Chlamys islandica from Iceland, Chlamys novaehollandiae, etc) that were definitely attached to thier labels, what you see here are the ones for which there was some doubt. Data cards are still left for the following species/subspecies:

  • Aequipecten gibbus (Sanibel Island)
  • Aequipecten irradians irradians (Massachusetts)
  • Aequipecten irradians amplicostatus (Texas)
  • Aequipecten irradians concentricus (Florida)
  • Aequipecten larvata (Philippines)
  • Chlamys asperrimus (South Australia)
  • Chlamys gemmulata gemmulata
  • Chlamys gemmulata radiata (New Zealand)
  • Chlamys hastata hericia (British Columbia)
  • Chlamys hindsi (British Columbia)
  • Chlamys islandica (Newfoundland)
  • Chlamys jordani (British Columbia)
  • Chlamys opercularis (England)
  • Chlamys opercularis marbrea (North Sea)
  • Chlamys opercularis lineata (France)
  • Chlamys tigerina (North Sea)
  • Chlamys zealandiae (New Zealand)
  • Leptopecten latiaratus (California)
  • Pecten diegensis (California)
  • Pecten maximus maximus (Atnoordzee)
  • Pecten nobilis (Japan)

Below are photos of all the specimens that I recieved. Click on the images to view high definition images.

(Unidentified Scallop 01)
(Unidentified Scallop 02)

Unidentified Scallop #01

Possible identity and ideas:
- Aequipecten gibbus (my ID from possible label)

Unidentified Scallop #02

Possible identity and ideas:
- Aequipecten irradians amplicostatus (my ID from possible label)

(Unidentified Scallop 03)
(Unidentified Scallop 04)

Unidentified Scallop #03

Possible identity and ideas:
- Aequipecten larvata (my ID from possible label)

Unidentified Scallop #04

Possible identity and ideas:
- Chlamys gemmulata radiata (my ID from possible label)

(Unidentified Scallop 05)
(Unidentified Scallop 06)

Unidentified Scallop #05

Possible identity and ideas:
- Chlamys hastata hericia (my ID from possible label). Pretty sure of this one.

Unidentified Scallop #06

Possible identity and ideas:
- Chlamys hindsi (my ID from possible label)

(Unidentified Scallop 07)
(Unidentified Scallop 08)

Unidentified Scallop #07

Possible identity and ideas:
- Chlamys islandica (my ID from possible label)

Unidentified Scallop #08

Possible identity and ideas:
- Chlamys opercularis (my ID from possible label)

(Unidentified Scallop 09)
(Unidentified Scallop 10)

Unidentified Scallop #09

Possible identity and ideas:
- Chlamys opercularis inflata (my ID from possible label)

Unidentified Scallop #10

Possible identity and ideas:
- Chlamys tigrina (my ID from possible label)

(Unidentified Scallop 11)
(Unidentified Scallop 12)

Unidentified Scallop #11

Possible identity and ideas:
- Pecten diegensis (my ID from possible label)

Unidentified Scallop #12

Possible identity and ideas:
- Pecten maximus maximus (my ID from possible label)

(Unidentified Scallop 13)
(Unidentified Scallop 14)

Unidentified Scallop #13

Possible identity and ideas:
- Pecten nobilis (my ID from possible label)

Unidentified Scallop #14

Possible identity and ideas:
- no label

(Unidentified Scallop 15)
(Unidentified Scallop 16)

Unidentified Scallop #15

Possible identity and ideas:
- no label

Unidentified Scallop #16

Possible identity and ideas:
- no label

(Unidentified Scallop 17)
(Unidentified Scallop 18)

Unidentified Scallop #17

Possible identity and ideas:
- I wrote "another varia maybe" on the bag a while ago. I did catalog a few of those, so maybe this is a straggler.

Unidentified Scallop #18

Possible identity and ideas:
- no label

(Unidentified Scallop 19)
(Unidentified Scallop 20)

Unidentified Scallop #19

Possible identity and ideas:
- no label

Unidentified Scallop #20

Possible identity and ideas:
- irradians or opercularis?

(Unidentified Scallop 21)
(Unidentified Scallop 22)

Unidentified Scallop #21

Possible identity and ideas:
- Maybe a gemulata jordani hindsi silandica zelandiae mess? I think this is a bit of a grab bag of what what left in the corner of the drawer -- can't remember.

Unidentified Scallop #22

Possible identity and ideas:
- Leptopecten latiaratus (my ID from possible label). But, are these all the same?



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