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Pecten excavatus

Status not recordedmolluscs

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

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Quick facts about Pecten excavatus

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 excavatus live?

Not recorded

Is Pecten excavatus 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 excavatus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderPectinida
  5. familyPectinidae
  6. genusPecten
  7. SpeciesPecten excavatus Anton, 1838

Synonyms Pecten excavatus, Pecten puncticulatus, Pecten sinensis, Pecten sinensis puncticulatus

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • シナイタヤJapanese
  • 줄무늬가리비Korean
  • 凹頂扇貝Chinese
  • ハナイタヤJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pecten excavatus

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 excavatus?

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pecten_excavatus_2026,
  title = {Pecten excavatus (Pecten excavatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pecten-excavatus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}