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Definition of Pectinidae
1. Noun. Scallops.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Bivalvia, Class Bivalvia, Class Lamellibranchia, Class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia
Member holonyms: Escallop, Scallop, Scollop, Genus Pecten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectinidae
Literary usage of Pectinidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pectens by William John Dakin, Liverpool Marine Biology Committee (1909)
"familiar genus of the family pectinidae, the correct position of which amongst
Pelecypoda or Lamelli- ..."
2. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"890, C); the ascending limb also of the outer leaflet is united with the mantle,
except in pectinidae; foot weak or absent; genital and kidney pores ..."
3. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"Changes of nomenclature of some Recent and fossil pectinidae from Japan, ...
Three new sections and rectifications of specific names in pectinidae. ..."
4. A Student's Text-book of Zoology by Adam Sedgwick, Joseph Jackson Lister, Arthur Everett Shipley (1898)
"... they are present in a non- vascular form (ie consist only of epithelium and
connective tissue) in Mytilidae, pectinidae, and in a vascular form in ..."
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