Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.

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)

Extinct species

• 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

References

• 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.