Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140687 on 2025-12-04
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Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer
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Note sur quelques espèces du genre Pecten, nouvelles ou mal connues
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Sur quelques espèces ou variétés nouvelles du genre Pecten
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Тарханский и чокракский горизонты [= Tarkhan and Chokrak horizons]
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Articolo sul Pecten opercularis e sue forme
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1906). Articolo sul Pecten opercularis e sue forme. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series, 18(7): 145–151. [February 1st, 1906].
L'élevage expérimental de Chlamys opercularis (L.) (Bivalvia, Pectinidae)
Le Pennec M. (1982). L'élevage expérimental de Chlamys opercularis (L.) (Bivalvia, Pectinidae). Vie Marine. 4: 29-36.
Picture of Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Queen scallop on board of the RV Belgica (2005)
Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Juvenile specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 31.03.2010), actual size 6.2 mm, 2.5 mm and 1.6 mm
Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) at the beach of Ostend (2014.08.08).
Koksijde (Ster der Zee), Belgium 17 january 2016
Find more information about this species at: https://www.rkapeller.eu/species.html?MM_Aequipecten_opercularis Click here for the database with determination key for European mollusks
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Sea
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oostende
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - De Panne
Distribution for Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - De Panne
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Koksijde
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - British Isles
Distribution for Pecten pictus da Costa, 1778 - British Isles
Distribution for Pecten lineatus da Costa, 1778 - British Isles
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Goote Bank
Distribution for Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Smal Bank
Distribution for Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Westdiep
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Westende
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Westkust
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wimereux
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Marmara Sea
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bosporus
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Dardanelles
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Chlamys opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Coast
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Turkish part of the Aegean Sea
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Moroccan part of the North Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Swedish part of the Skagerrak
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Distribution for Pecten (Aequipecten) opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Italy
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Spain - Demarcación Marina Levantino-Balear
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Spain - Demarcación Marina Noratlántica
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Spain - Demarcación Marina Sudatlántica
Distribution for Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Spain - Demarcación Marina del Estrecho y Alborán