The queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) is a medium-sized species of scallop, an edible marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. It is found in the northeast Atlantic and is important in fisheries.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Queen scallop being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lindapecten muscosus
- Euvola ziczac
- Aequipecten tehuelchus
- Argopecten purpuratus
- Mimachlamys asperrima
- Mizuhopecten yessoensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Pectinida
- Family
- Pectinidae
- Genus
- Aequipecten
- Species
- Aequipecten opercularis
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