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
- Pecten maximus
- Nodipecten subnodosus
- Pecten fumatus
- Euvola ziczac
- Pecten novaezelandiae
- Swiftopecten swiftii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Pectinida
- Family
- Pectinidae
- Genus
- Equichlamys
- Species
- Equichlamys bifrons
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