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Pecten arkanus

Status not recordedmolluscsExtinct

Pecten arkanus is a species in the family Pectinidae, order Pectinida.

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Quick facts about Pecten arkanus

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 Pecten arkanus live?

Not recorded

Is Pecten arkanus 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 Pecten arkanus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderPectinida
  5. familyPectinidae
  6. genusPecten
  7. SpeciesPecten arkanus Blanckenhorn & Oppenheim, 1927

Synonyms Flabellipecten arkanus, Pecten arkanus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pecten arkanus

Other species in the same genus Pecten.

Scallop

Pecten maximus

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Scallop

Pecten sulcicostatus

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Pecten arkanus?

Pecten arkanus (Pecten arkanus) belongs to the family Pectinidae in the order Pectinida.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pecten arkanus (Pecten arkanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pecten-arkanus

MLA

“Pecten arkanus (Pecten arkanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pecten-arkanus.

BibTeX
@misc{pecten_arkanus_2026,
  title = {Pecten arkanus (Pecten arkanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pecten-arkanus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}