Pecten fumatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Pecten |
| Species: | P. fumatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852
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Pecten fumatus, the commercial scallop[2], is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pectinidae, the scallops. It is endemic to Australia, distributed from Keppel Bay and Swain Reefs, Queensland, southwards and around southern Australia, including Tasmania, to North West Cape, Western Australia.[3] This species is the target of a dredge fishery in the Bass Strait off southern Australia.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Commercial Scallop". NSW Department of Primary Industry. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852". Seashells of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Pecten fumatus". FishSource. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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