Look up Pecten, pecten, or pectin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pecten or pectin may refer to: Pecten (biology), any comb like structure in animals...

Pecten maximus, common names the great scallop, king scallop, St James shell or escallop, is a northeast Atlantic species of scallop, an edible saltwater...

Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family...

The pecten or pecten oculi is a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird. It is a non-sensory, pigmented structure...

Pectinidae, which is based on the name of the type genus, Pecten, comes from the Latin pecten meaning comb, in reference to a comb-like structure of the...

A pecten (pl.: pectens or pectines[full citation needed]) is a comb-like structure, widely found in the biological world. Although pectens in various animals...

Pecten novaezelandiae, common name the New Zealand scallop, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Its name is sometimes found misspelt...

Pecten jacobaeus, the Mediterranean scallop, is a species of scallop, an edible saltwater scallop, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae, the...

Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum (commonly known as hairbrush or Indian comb) is a columnar cactus plant native to Mexico. They can grow up to 15 m (49 ft)...

Scandix pecten-veneris (shepherd's-needle, Venus' comb, Stork's needle) is a species of edible plant belonging to the family Apiaceae. It is native to...

The Venus comb murex, scientific name Murex pecten, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the...

Pecten flabelliformis is an extinct species of large scallop or saltwater clam, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Pecten...

Placopecten magellanicus, previously listed as Pecten tenuicostatus and as Pecten grandis and once referred to as the "giant scallop", common names Atlantic...

Phyllodesmium pecten is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. The type locality for Phyllodesmium...

The pectineal line of the pubis (also pecten pubis) is a ridge on the superior ramus of the pubic bone. It forms part of the pelvic brim. Lying across...

Pecten albicans, common name Japanese baking scallop, is a species of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Pecten albicans has...

Bulbophyllum pecten-veneris is a flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is a species of orchid that is also known as the yellow-flowered bulbophyllum...

Copionodon pecten is a species of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It is found in the Mucujê River, a tributary of Paraguaçu...

sperm whale genus Physeter Linnaeus, 1758, and 13 for the bivalve genus Pecten O.F. Müller, 1776. Within the same kingdom, one generic name can apply to...

Order: Pectinida Family: Pectinidae Genus: Euvola Species: E. raveneli Binomial name Euvola raveneli (Dall, 1898) Synonyms Pecten raveneli Dall, 1898...

Pecten sulcicostatus, the South African scallop, is a species of large scallops or saltwater clams. They are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae...

in being more rounded. The bill is usually broad and contains serrated pectens, which are particularly well defined in the filter-feeding species. In...

Stenaelurillus pecten is a species of jumping spider in the genus Stenaelurillus that lives in Botswana and Zambia. It was first described in 2014 by Wanda...

Pecten fumatus, the Southern Australia scallop, is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This species is found in the...

Pecten excavatus is a species of scallop, marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic family Pectinidae. In this species, the valves are greatly inequal and...

Genus: Argopecten Species: A. eboreus Subspecies: †A. e. yorkensis Trinomial name †Argopecten eboreus yorkensis Conrad 1867 Synonyms †Pecten yorkensis...

Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-01-06. Annachlamys flabellata Pecten site. Retrieved 2012-01-06. Annachlamys flabellata (Lamarck, 1819) Smithsonian:...

Mizuhopecten Species: M. yessoensis Binomial name Mizuhopecten yessoensis (Jay, 1857) Synonyms Pecten yessoensis Jay, 1857 Patinopecten yessoensis (Jay, 1857)...

Coptotelia pecten is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Clarke in 1951. It is found in Guatemala. Coptotelia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera...

Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Pectinida Family: Pectinidae Genus: Adamussium Thiele, 1934 Type species Pecten colbecki Smith, 1902...