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Australian scallop

Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852

Status not recordedmolluscs

The Australian scallop (Pecten fumatus) is a species in the family Pectinidae, order Pectinida.

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Quick facts about the Australian scallop

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the Australian scallop live?

Not recorded

Is the Australian scallop endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Australian scallop classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderPectinida
  5. familyPectinidae
  6. genusPecten
  7. SpeciesPecten fumatus Reeve, 1852

Synonyms Notovola preissiana, Pecten alba, Pecten albus, Pecten bifidus, Pecten filosus, Pecten fumatus var. alba, Pecten fuscus, Pecten jacobaeus byronensis, Pecten lamarckii, Pecten medius, Pecten meridionalis, Pecten modestus, Vola laticostata

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Commercial scallopEnglish
  • Australische JakobsmuschelGerman
  • Тасманийский гребешокRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Australian scallop

Other species in the same genus Pecten.

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Pecten sulcicostatus

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the Australian scallop?

The Australian scallop (Pecten fumatus) belongs to the family Pectinidae in the order Pectinida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Australian scallop (Pecten fumatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-scallop

MLA

“Australian scallop (Pecten fumatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-scallop.

BibTeX
@misc{australian_scallop_2026,
  title = {Australian scallop (Pecten fumatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-scallop},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}